New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur to resign.
This comes just days after the party suffered crushing defeats in the Assembly polls held in the five States. Sources said a few more leaders would also face action.
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu is among the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chiefs asked to put in their papers.
The Congressā chief spokesperson, Randeep Surjewala, claimed it was for the reorganisation of the PCCs. Uttarakhandās PCC chief Ganesh Godiyal was the first to tender his resignation.
The Congress lost Punjab to Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and failed to put up a credible fight in the four states where it had hoped for a comeback – or even manage a close contest with the BJP.
The move not only comes just two days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) asked Sonia to take immediate corrective steps but also before a possible meeting of the ‘G-23’ leaders, who had earlier written to jer for sweeping internal reforms and collective leadership, on Wednesday to decide their next strategy.