Sonia Gandhi

The Congress seems to be imploding post the five-state assembly election disaster with voices with the party either undermining the top leadership or seeking their exit. And then there are others who are defending the 'Gandhi Parivar' despite the debacle.

G-23 leaders said that the only way forward for the party is to take up a model of inclusive leadership and decision-making at all levels.

She said that social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are being manipulated to set political narratives in India.

After Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation news broke, social media users came up with one-lines and memes to express their surprise.

Sidhu took to Twitter to share the resignation letter he sent to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Earlier, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the government for the lowered provident fund interest rate, claiming it was the lowest in 40 years.

With Dravida Munnetra Khazagham (DMK) set to open its state of art Delhi office, DMK patriarch and TN CM MK Stalin sent an invitation to INC's chief Sonia Gandhi, TMC chief Mamata Banarjee and other Opposition leaders for the inauguration of the new office. The move is seen as an effort to bring Opposition under one banner.

This time, the Congress not only lost power in Punjab, one of the three states it rules on its own, but also the dominance it enjoyed in Goa and Manipur. In Uttar Pradesh, it won only two seats and its vote share dwindled to just 2.4 per cent.

The Congress Working Committee met on Sunday to discuss the party's poor performance in the recently-concluded five-state assembly elections.

The meeting will begin at 4 p.m. at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office. While Congress G-23 leaders, who are members of the Congress Working Committee, are expected to press for party changes during the CWC meeting, sources said on Friday.