Congress members across India urge party president Rahul Gandhi's not to resign
New Delhi, May 29 (UNI): Congress leaders on Wednesday staged a protest across the country against party president Rahul Gandhi's decision to resign from post of party president, with many state units passing a resolution requesting him to continue as the party chief.
Taking responsibility for the defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, Mr Gandhi had offered to resign at the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) here last week, but the committee members rejected his resignation in one voice.
Despite CWC rejecting Mr Gandhi's resignation from his post, Mr Gandhi remains firm on his decision.
Congress workers expressed their feelings on Wednesday outside the residence of Mr Gandhi's at Tughlaq Road, where Delhi Pradesh Congress President (DPCC) Sheila Dikshit, former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler, Congress candidate in LS polls Rajesh Lilothia and party candidate from South Delhi Vijender Singh among other prominent leaders were present.
Ms Dikshit said: "I have given him the message that he should not resign. We want him to continue on his post, otherwise it will cause us pain. We have conveyed that to him."
Workers were holding placards which said "Mr Rahul Gandhi is the hope of the country and the Congress, so he must remain in the party president's post".
Earlier, some workers tried to sit on an indefinitely hunger strike outside Mr Gandhi's residence in the scorching heat till he withdrew his resignation. The police took them to Tuglak Road police station but released them later. Karnataka Congress workers have also urged Mr Gandhi to withdraw his resignation.
Workers outside the state Congress office in Bengaluru, protested and requested Mr Gandhi not to resign.
Simultaneously, Congress units of several states, including Delhi, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, have passed a resolution urging Mr Gandhi to withdraw his resignation.
Several prominent leaders of Rajasthan, including chief minister Ashok Gehlot and deputy CM Sachin Pilot, did a press briefing and urged Mr Gandhi not to resign.
The Uttarakhand Congress has also passed a resolution and requested that Mr Gandhi should not resign.
State Congress chief Pritam Singh, former chief minister Harish Rawat, former state Congress president Kishore Upadhyay, among other leaders have said that Mr Gandhi should remain in office in keeping with the feelings of the Congress workers.
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