Malikarjun Kharge hit out at internal bickering in the party during CWC Meeting
Reportedly as top congress leaders met on friday to deliberate on its electoral defeats in maharashtra and Haryana, party chief mallikarjun Kharge asserted that "tough decisions" will have to be taken to strengthen the organisation from the grassroots, accountability has to be fixed, and urged leaders to remain united and not speak publicly against each other. In his address at the congress Working Committee meeting at the AICC headquarters here, Kharge said he believes that the EVMs have made the electoral process "suspect" and stressed that it is the constitutional responsibility of the election commission to ensure free and fair elections in the country.Meanwhile Kharge also hit out at internal bickering in the party, and asserting that the lack of unity and statements against own party leaders harms the party a lot. Speaking on the maharashtra polls, Kharge said the assembly poll results after a good outcome in lok sabha elections jolted the party. He said some "tough decisions" will have to be taken due to the "below expectation" performance in state elections. Riding on its performance in the lok sabha polls, the congress went into assembly polls with new enthusiasm but the election results were not as per the party’s expectations.Moreover Kharge called on party leaders to work hard and make strategies in a timely manner. He said "We will have to strengthen our organisation up to the booth level. We will have to be vigilant, alert and cautious day and night, from making the voter list to counting the votes". Kharge said it is the congress that empowered the common people of the country and gave them rights. He said “In the last 11 years, a large class of have-nots has emerged, who are troubled by unemployment, inflation and deepening inequality”.