Cong’s 5-member group underneath Ashok Chavan to judge ballot debacle; Azad to move Covid-relief crew

The Congress on Tuesday arrange a five-member group headed by former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan to judge the celebration’s efficiency within the just-concluded meeting polls, and one other crew underneath senior chief Ghulam Nabi Azad to coordinate its Covid-19 reduction work.
It comes a day after celebration chief Sonia Gandhi proposed, at a gathering of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the formation of a bunch to evaluate the celebration’s losses in Kerala, Assam, West Bengal and Puducherry.
“The Congress president has constituted a group to evaluate the results of the recently concluded assembly elections, with immediate effect. Ashok Chavan will be the chairman and other members of the group are Salman Khurshid, Manish Tewari, Vincent H Pala and Jothi Mani,” an official assertion from AICC common secretary Ok C Venugopal mentioned.

The group will submit its report inside two weeks, the communication additional mentioned.
The Congress chief had on Monday mentioned the celebration has to place its home so as by dealing with actuality and drawing classes from the “serious setbacks”.
The Congress President on Tuesday additionally arrange one other 13-member process drive, chaired by senior celebration member and former Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad for Covid reduction work.
“Congress President has constituted a Covid-19 Relief Task Force to coordinate the relief activities of the Congress Party with immediate effect. It has Ghulam Nabi Azad as Chaiman and its members are Ambika Soni, Mukul Wasnik, Pawan Kumar Bansal, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh and Randeep Singh Surjewala, among others,” one other official assertion mentioned.
The process drive additionally has different celebration leaders Manish Chatrath, Ajoy Kumar, Pawan Khera, Gurdeep Singh Sappal and Indian Youth Congress chief B V Srinivas.
Azad, Wasnik and Tewari have been distinguished members of the group of 23 leaders who had written to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in August final yr, demanding organisational overhaul.
Sonia Gandhi had mentioned that on the CWV assembly that the five-member group will have a look at each facet of latest electoral reverses in and are available again with its findings.
“These will yield uncomfortable lessons, but if we do not face up to the reality, if we do not look the facts in the face, we will not draw the right lessons,” she had mentioned.
Gandhi had additionally mentioned that these outcomes inform the celebration clearly that “we need to put our house in order”.

The Congress did not win a seat in West Bengal, whereas its performances in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry was additionally not very vital.
The analysis group was arrange after calls for from inside, together with the group of 23 to introspect and consider the outcomes. Some leaders have additionally mentioned that the celebration must reevalate itself and rejuvenate the ranks.