Congress review meeting on poll results: INC says ‘disappointed but not in despair’ as party retains vote share

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PTI. Another, Rajasthan assembly election results review meeting is scheduled to take place today. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge convened the review meeting at the All India Congress Committee headquarters in Delhi in the presence of former party president Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders.

Congress in a statement said, "Today, a meeting to review the election results of Chhattisgarh was held at the Congress headquarters in Delhi. Senior Congress leaders including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi were present in this meeting." The party further shared pictures of the review meeting on the election results. Congress General Secretary, K C Venugopal said the state Congress presidents were directed to submit a booth-wise report on the party's performance.

He added, "We will strengthen our connect with the people and unitedly fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to unseat the BJP government." He said that though the results were disappointing, the morale of the party's rank and file was high. AICC general secretary in-charge for Chhattisgarh, Kumari Selja claimed that they are not demoralised but dejected and said “We are disappointed, but not in despair. In the coming times, we will fight the Lok Sabha elections together." She further said we would together contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and emerge victorious.

She stressed that the party has not lost its vote share and was same as it was in 2018. She said, "We have gained the trust of the public." She further mentioned that the party would carry out a detailed analysis on the poll results in Chhattisgarh. Selja was confident that the party is set to perform better in the parliamentary (2024 Lok Sabha) elections as people continue to