Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Tuesday arrived at the residence of party president Rahul Gandhi amid reports that he wants to quit after the crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.
#Delhi: @priyankagandhi Vadra and @rssurjewala arrive at the residence of Congress President Rahul Gandhi. pic.twitter.com/mLQ4QbEGvF
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#Delhi: Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot arrives at the residence of Congress President Rahul Gandhi. @SachinPilot pic.twitter.com/cIGNpO8vLv
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Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala and party general secretary in-charge KC Venugopal were also present at Gandhi’s residence.
The meeting between Rahul Gandhi and senior Congress leaders comes came after Gandhi had offered to step down from his party post at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, held on Saturday, taking moral responsibility for Congress’ dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections.
However, Gandhi’s resignation offer was unanimously rejected by the CWC.
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Sources said that despite senior leaders making serious attempts to convince him to rethink on his decision, Gandhi is said to be unfazed.
On Monday, party treasurer Ahmed Patel and Venugopal met with Gandhi at his residence here and urged him to continue to lead the party.
“The Congress party expects everyone including the media to respect the sanctity of a closed-door meeting of the CWC. Various conjectures, speculations, insinuations, assumptions, gossip and rumour mongering in a section of the media is uncalled for and unwarranted,” Surjewala tweeted earlier.
CWC is a democratic forum to exchange ideas & take corrective action.
Congress expects everyone including the media to respect the sanctity of a closed door meet.
Various conjectures, speculations, insinuations, gossip & rumour mongering in a section of media is unwarranted. pic.twitter.com/t9W83Itp9x
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) May 27, 2019