Senior State-level Congress leaders are expected to meet on May 5 and 6 at State party headquarters ‘Congress Bhavan’ here to closely valuate the party’s lok Sabha poll performance in Chhattisgarh.
Party sources informed that the key point of discussion in the meeting would however be regarding internal bickering among district-level leaders in certain constituencies which might have affected party’s performance in Chhattisgarh where three-phased polling ended on April 24.
State Congress president Bhupesh Baghel, leader of Opposition TS Singh Deo, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Dr Charandas Mahant who is the party’s lok Sabha candidate from Korba lok Sabha constituency, besides Congress national Treasurer Motilal Vora are likely to deliberate on the party’s performance besides on ‘saboteurs’ who tried to harm the party’s prospects in the polls.
The Congress had faced a similar problem during the Assembly polls five months back when internal bickering among the district-level leaders spoiled the prospects in certain Assembly seats of the State, sources stated.
Sources informed that the leaders are particularly going to discuss the problems faced by the party in Rajnandgaon and Korba lok Sabha constituency where the party suspects its own cadre to have worked against the party’s interests during the polls.
It was learnt that the State Congress president Bhupesh Baghel had already prepared a detailed report on the party’s lok Sabha performance which would be presented by him to the Congress national general secretary and State In-charge BK Hariprasad shortly.
It was also learnt from party sources that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi are keen to hold a meeting with the senior State-level party leaders in New Delhi sometime next month to discuss the issue of internal bickering in the party in Chhattisgarh to address the problem.
The party’s senior leaders (Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi) are keen to hold the meeting of State-level leaders in New Delhi before the lok Sabha poll results are announced on May 16, sources stated.