Vote share in Rajasthan is not much less than BJP, Congress starts preparations for Lok Sabha elections

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday held a meeting to review the party’s defeat in Rajasthan, where he told BJP and party leaders that he will start preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The meeting at the party headquarters was chaired by Kharge and was also attended by Rahul Gandhi, party general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal, Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, state unit chief Govind Singh Dotasra, state in-charge Sukhjinder Singh. Randhawa, selection committee chairman Gaurav Gogoi. Serious efforts. After the meeting Randhawa said that he would take responsibility for the defeat.

He also said that party leaders held a detailed meeting with Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and other leaders and told them that the percentage of votes in Congress is not much less than that of BJP. In Rajasthan, Congress got 39.53 percent votes, while BJP got 41.69 percent. Randhawa said, “On the instructions of the party, we have said that we will start preparations for the Lok Sabha elections and fight unitedly.

Randhawa said that he also told the leaders that Rajasthan is performing better than other states. When Randhawa was asked about responsibility for the party’s defeat, he said, “The responsibility will be sorted out soon.”

In the recently concluded parliamentary elections, the Congress lost power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh as well as Madhya Pradesh, where it was expected to win. The only upshot for the Congress was in Telangana, where it defeated the ruling BRS.