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The Congress elded 66 candidates and 63 forfeited their deposit, which means they did not win even MWC 2020 Redmi Note 8
one-sixth of the votes in their constituencies.
All India Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh Updated: February 13, 2020 06:00 pm IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia said Congress needs a new approach and a new way of doing things.

New Delhi: Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia today called the party's Delhi
election debacle "extremely disappointing" and called for a "new approach",
joining the rapidly growing league of party leaders calling for change. Another
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Jairam Ramesh said the
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Congress Turmoil Grows: Some Of Us Behave Like We Are Still Ministers
relevant and commented that "some of us" behave as if "we are still ministers"
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union ministers. Mu erman" To Arvind Raghav Chadha On
Smriti Irani With Old Pic
On Delhi Loss Kejriwal Oath Shaheen Bagh
"Congress leaders have to reinvent themselves. Otherwise, we are staring at
irrelevance. Our arrogance has to go, even after six years out of power
sometimes, some of us behave as if we are still ministers," Mr Ramesh said,
adding that the "substance and style" of the party's leadership had to change.
Right after the election results, Jyotiraditya Scindia had congratulated Arvind
Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its 62/70 sweep and said the people of
Delhi had placed their "trust" on their team again.
"The results are extremely disappointing. Congress needs a new approach, a new
way of doing things...we strongly need a new approach. Times have changed, the
country has changed. We'll have to reach out to people. After the Lok Sabha polls,
we have formed governments in few states," said Mr Scindia, who is said to be
close to the Gandhis.
The Congress, jolted by its second straight duck in Delhi -- which it ruled for three
straight terms till 2013 -- has lapsed into a blame-game in which even Sheila
Dikshit - the widely respected three-time chief minister who died last year - has
not been spared.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi last night accepted the resignation of PC
Chacko - the party's Delhi in-charge - and Subhash Chopra, who headed the Delhi
Congress unit.
Mr Chacko resigned after making the shocking remark that the party's "downfall"
started when Sheila Dikshit was Chief Minister and AAP was born.
"The downfall of the Congress party started in 2013 when Sheila ji was the CM.
The emergence of a new party, AAP took away the entire Congress vote bank. We
could never get it back. It still remains with AAP," Mr Chacko told ANI.
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Statements Maharashtra
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Sheila Dikshit a remarkable politician and administrator
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Loss Kejriwal Oath Shaheen Bagh

Several Congress leaders said after its decimation in Delhi, the party needed
"action" rather than "introspection".

We r again decimated in Delhi.Enuf of introspection, time 4 action now. Inordinate

delay in decision making at the top, lack of strategy & unity at state level,
demotivated workers, no grassroots connect-all r factors.Being part of d system, I
too take my share of responsibility

— Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) February 11, 2020

No time to retrospect.Enough of we doing that after every defeat.We dont do the

same after every win. Now is the time for action.Lets take it from
#MahatmaGandhi n begin with "Be the change you want to see". We need to
change ourselves.We need to grow out of our fears.We have to.

— KhushbuSundar ❤ (@khushsundar) February 11, 2020

3 Things Congress should NOT do today:

1. Justify own defeat
2. Find happiness in BJP defeat
3. Tell themselves that in Election wins & losses are cyclic

Congratulations to @AamAadmiParty for a well deserved victory & running a

focussed campaign.

#DelhiElectionResults

— Jaiveer Shergill (@JaiveerShergill) February 11, 2020

When senior leader P Chidambaram praised AAP, he was told off by his junior
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colleague Sharmistha Mukherjee.
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rather than being concerned abt our drubbing? And if 'yes', then we (PCCs) might
as well close shop! https://t.co/Zw3KJIfsRx

— Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) February 11, 2020

Later, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said criticized the blame-game

and said it would be "better if Congress leaders had looked at, introspected on
their own role, their own responsibility, their own commitment to the party and
de ned their own duty towards the campaign in Delhi."

Mr Surjewala admitted that the party would go back to the drawing board and
there would be a revamp in the Delhi unit.

The Congress elded 66 candidates and 63 forfeited their deposit, which means
they did not win even one-sixth of the votes in their constituencies. Its vote share
also dropped to the lowest since the 1990s.

Senior leader Veerappa Moily called for a "surgical" action to revive the party in
the context of the Delhi election drubbing.

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