Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi sacks 5 state Congress chiefs after poll defeat
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sacked the party's chiefs in the five states where it suffered humiliating poll defeats last week including heavyweight cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was in charge of Punjab.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) swept Punjab winning 92 of 117 seats leaving the Congress with only 18.
In an election which has surely catapulted Kejriwal to the national politics, Congress top guns including Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who had contested from two seats, have suffered defeats.
Navjot Singh Sidhu had also lost his seat in Punjab and accepted his defeat in a tweet.
The party also failed to put up a strong fight in three other states where it had hoped for a comeback - Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
After being decimated in five state elections, the Congress's top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee (CWC), met on Sunday.
Sonia Gandhi's move is seen as a follow-up to the meeting where it was decided that she would continue as the interim chief of the Congress.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
