Congress Bihar campaign in-charge Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Thursday broke his silence on the party’s disappointing performance in the Assembly elections. Taking responsibility for the defeat in Bihar, he said the biggest mistake was to contest from the wrong seats. He said he will tell former president Rahul Gnadhi that there is a need to tackle weaknesses in the organisation and make it sharper.

Major changes are needed at the organisation level for winning any state election, Singh said. He said he had sought an appointment with Rahul Gandhi to discuss the way ahead. He told NDTV that the Congress took a hasty decision eventually on the seats. There were weaknesses in the party, especially at the state, district and block levels, he said.

This is the latest statement of a senior leader in the midst of a meltdown within the Congress after being blamed for the Mahagathbandhan’s so-near-yet-so-far loss in Bihar. On the statement of Kapil Sibal, Akhilesh Prasad Singh said he respected Sibal but this kind of analysis was not good after the defeat.

The ruckus within the party had started after Kapil Sibal called for experienced minds, experienced hands and those who understand political realities for reviving the party from visible decline. He had also demanded some major organisational changes in party. P Chidambaram, another senior Congress leader, had said the results in Bihar and bypolls elsewhere showed the Congress had no organisational presence left on the ground. He had also pointed out that the Congress had contested much more seats than its organisational strength could do justice to.

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After Bihar assembly election and Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and UP bypolls, the pundits along with some Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan had blamed the Congress for not pulling its weight in the alliance.

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In the last few political rallies, Congress’ star campaigner and former party President Rahul Gandhi has aggressively attacked both Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He even targeted the NDA government on the issue of electronic voting machines and described the latter as the Modi Voting Machine (MVM). Addressing an election rally, Gandhi said he is not afraid of either MVM or Modi ji ka Media (Modi ji’s media). The truth will ultimately prevail in the war of ideology, he added.

Here are other quotes by Rahul Gandhi during his election speeches:

Even as the ruling government spreads hatred against him, he will only respond with love, Gandhi said. It is a fight for ideology and he will not step back unless Narendra Modi is defeated, he also said.

In a rally at Bihariganj, Gandhi said that Nitish Kumar threatens youth and chases them away when they ask him about the status of jobs promised by him.

On the plight of migrant workers from Bihar during the coronavirus lockdown, Gandhi scion said that if Modi had any place for farmers and labourers in his heart, he would have not done what he did during the COVID-19 lockdown. PM Modi didn’t even think once about the negative consequences of imposing lockdown despite knowing that crores of people across India are daily wage labourers, he said.

If Mahagathbandhan forms the government in Bihar, it will be for every religion, caste, poor and labourers, Gandhi said, adding that everyone in the state will come together to change the state of affairs in Bihar.

If PM Modi is against black money, why were farmers, labourers, traders were put in the queue of banks during demonetisation, Gandhi said. He said that if Modi is of the view that these people were in the possession of black money.

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Gandhi also criticised the Modi-led government for passing the three new farm laws. Earlier they put an end to Mandis in Bihar, now they will continue attacking farmers in the entire country, he said. Modi promises to serve common people in public but later works only for Ambanis and Adanis, he added.

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