New Delhi. The country’s oldest and longest ruling Congress has suffered in 2 consecutive Lok Sabha elections. She lost to BJP in UP, Manipur. She lost Punjab too. Congress has won only in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka in the latest elections. The condition of the Congress is still not good. There are assembly elections in many states including Congress-ruled Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Lok Sabha elections will also be held next year. As a result, the Congress has to form an alliance with the opposition parties for the Lok Sabha elections. This condition of the party is because of this, because even after taking important decisions, the Congress is not able to implement them. Even Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has failed to keep his promise. He had promised in the election for the post of Congress President that if elected, he would implement the Congress’s Udaipur resolution. Overall, at present the condition of the Congress is looking like three layers of cover.
In May 2022, Congress’s Chintan Shivir was held in Udaipur. Many decisions were taken in the interest of the Congress, but even after 13 months, Mallikarjun Kharge has not been able to implement these decisions. Whereas, there was talk of implementing the proposals of the Congress Chintan Shivir in less than a year. First let us tell you what resolutions the Congress had passed in the Udaipur Chintan Shivir for the betterment of the party. A resolution was passed in the Udaipur Chintan Shivir that a leader would have only one post. Kharge has 2 posts. At the same time, many other leaders like Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary along with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha are also holding the post of President of the West Bengal Congress. Apart from this, there was talk of giving ticket to only one person from a family for the election. Kharge himself broke this rule in Karnataka. His son Priyank Kharge won on a Congress ticket and was also made a minister. Ramalinga Reddy and his daughter Sowmya and KH Muniyappa and his daughter Roopakala were also given tickets.
The Congress had also taken an important decision in the Udaipur Chintan Shivir that elections would be held in all the states to fill the vacant posts and a committee of political experts would be formed. Still haven’t worked on this. The Congress had also decided in the Udaipur Chintan Shivir that leaders below the age of 50 would be given a chance to take important decisions in the interest of the party. This decision has also been put in cold storage by the Congress. The names of the party high command are Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi. Both are aged. Leaders of older age are still occupying many other posts. For example, Pramod Tiwari has been made deputy leader in Rajya Sabha. Whereas, after the Shimla camp, Sonia Gandhi had assigned important responsibilities to all the youth. In a state with an important election season like Rajasthan, the Congress has so far failed to establish complete harmony between CM Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot. Whereas, Rahul Gandhi called both of them and had a meeting. There are speculations in Rajasthan that Sachin Pilot will leave the Congress and form a new party.