After the rout in Maharashtra and Haryana barely a couple of months ago, Congress was reduced to the fourth position in J&K while it continued to grapple for relevance in Jharkhand. Only a success in forming a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir would save the day for the principal opposition which did manage to avoid humiliation with a double-figure tally in that state.
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The fresh spate of defeats are being seen as part of a larger anti-Congress sentiment. It is likely to affect the sentiments for the coming Delhi polls. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has called a meeting of party general secretaries on Wednesday where a postmortem on the party's performance is expected.
While expectations were low in the fresh round of elections, there was a mild cheer at having retained relevance in J&K — though the party's tally dropped from 17 seats to 12. Party sources said the decision to snap ties with National Conference, ally for six years, had been vindicated.
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BJP supporters wearing Narendra Modi masks beat drums in celebration of the party's election victory in Jharkhand.
The tally of eight seats in an assembly of 81 in Jharkhand, even if on expected lines, is bound to rankle as it cements the theory that Congress has not recovered politically in the state where it has slipped to the third position or below. With BJP gaining a majority of its own and JMM emerging as the main opposition, Congress has the near-impossible task at hand to reinvent itself in Jharkhand.
Fingers are being pointed at the "myopic" leadership that allowed itself to be persuaded into snapping ties with JMM. That JMM has not done all that badly only lent credence to the argument.
Congress workers are bound to look at the leadership for answers to the crisis of confi dence, a demand that would put the ball in Rahul's court. Though he carried out hectic campaigning in the states, with some success in J&K, he may have to spell out a cogent philosophy for future to instill spine in the sagging postures. Rahul avoided any comment on results while coming out of Parliament on Tuesday.
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