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The committee will be headed by former Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut, who also heads the party’s SC department. (Representational Image: Shutterstock / File)
The committee has been formed in the wake of Congress’ worst-ever performance in the Gujarat assembly elections, where it won only 17 seats out of a total of 182 assembly constituencies.
The Congress on Wednesday constituted a three-member fact-finding committee to evaluate the party’s performance in the recently concluded Gujarat Assembly elections and suggest corrective measures.
The committee will be headed by former Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut, who also heads the party’s SC department. The panel has been asked to submit its report to the party within two weeks.
Other members of the committee are Shakeel Ahmed Khan and Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka, an official communication from the party said.
Congress leaders said the party has set up several such panels in the past to assess the party’s electoral defeat in several states, but none of the reports have been discussed on party forums.
The committee has been formed in the wake of Congress’ worst-ever performance in the Gujarat assembly elections, where it won only 17 seats out of a total of 182 assembly constituencies.
It said, ‘The Congress President has constituted a fact-finding committee to evaluate the results of the recently concluded Assembly elections in Gujarat and suggest steps to be taken with immediate effect.’
“The committee will submit a report to the Hon’ble Congress President within two weeks,” all India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary KC Venugopal said in the communication.
However, many in the party believe that the reports of such committees are gathering dust in the party and the recommendations have not been implemented.
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi had constituted a committee headed by former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan after the party’s electoral defeat in Assam and Kerala and some other states, but the recommendations were not discussed in the party forum.
Veteran party leader AK Antony has in the past headed several such committees dealing with the party’s performance, but senior leaders point out that none of them have seen any of Antony’s reports and wonder where he is.
The Congress fared poorly in the Gujarat Assembly elections, securing 27.28 percent of the vote share. In the 2017 assembly elections in Gujarat, the party won 77 seats.
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