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                                   Post-election blues:





                       Bihar results spark crisis in





         Congress amid demands of reform






          Kapil Sibal faces criticism as he demands a fresh review of the defeat in Bihar





        Our Bureau
        New Delhi

                 fter facing defeat in Bi-
                 har assembly elections
        Aand            by-elections,    a
        meeting of the special commit-
        tee to assist Congress interim
        president Sonia Gandhi took
        place on Tuesday. This meeting
        happened at a time when the
        issue of review in Congress has
        been emerging after the defeat
        in the elections.
            Kapil Sibal, one of the 23
        Congress leaders who wrote
        a letter to Sonia Gandhi a few
        months ago to demand reforms
        in the party, has demanded a
        fresh review of the defeat, after
        which  he  has  come  under  fire
        from fellow Congress leaders.
            From Rajasthan Chief Min-
        ister Ashok Gehlot to Del-
        hi Congress president Anil            Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays floral tribute to the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 103rd birth
        Chaudhary, Congress leaders                                   anniversary at shakti sthal, in New Delhi on thursday. (ANi)
        are targeting Sibal for raising
        questions.                           Sibal had, in an interview with  interim president of the Con- RJD and the Left parties was
            Hitting out at Kapil Sibal for   a leading daily newspaper, ad- gress, Sonia Gandhi on organi- more than 50 per cent where-
        his remarks over the Congress’       vocated the need for introspec- zational and operational mat- as the Congress could win only
        dismal performance in the Bi-        tion within the party in light of  ters.                                 19 seats out of 70 seats it con-
        har polls and by-elections, par-     the results of the Bihar Legisla-       Ahmed Patel, KC Venugo- tested.
        ty leader Adhir Ranjan Chow-         tive Assembly elections and the  pal, AK Antony, Ambika Soni,                Congress got only nine seats
        dhury has said that speaking         Madhya Pradesh by-polls.            Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Sur- out of 28 in Madhya Pradesh
        without doing anything doesn’t          “Had Kapil Sibal gone to  jewala are its members. The  by-election.                   The     Congress
        mean introspection.                  Bihar and Madhya Pradesh,  important thing is that due to                could not win a single seat in
            “Kapil  Sibal spoke  about       he could have proved that  ill health, Ahmed Patel is ad- the by-elections in two assem-
        this even earlier. He seems to       what he is saying is correct and  mitted to the hospital. Despite  bly seats in Karnataka and
        be very concerned about the          that he strengthened the po- this, questions are being raised  eight assembly seats in Gujarat.
        Congress party and the need          sition of Congress. Mere talk  about whether a new storm is                  Congress performance was
        for introspection. But we didn’t     will achieve nothing. Speaking  coming inside the Congress.              also disappointing in UP where
        see his face in elections in Bi-     without doing anything doesn’t          The Congress is being  Priyanka Gandhi is in-charge.
        har, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar           mean  introspection,”  Chowd- blamed for the defeat of the                   RJD leaders have also
        Pradesh, or Gujarat,” Chow-          hury said.                          Grand Alliance in the recently  raised questions over Congress
        dhury told reporters on Tues-           In August, a Special Com- concluded Bihar elections. In
        day. Congress leader Kapil           mittee was formed to assist the  the alliance, the success rate of             Continued at next page... >>


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