Congress likely to hold chintan shivir next month
May 30, 2016  20:40
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Faced with poll debacle in four states, Congress is expected to hold a 'chintan shivir'(brainstorming session) next month either in party ruled Himachal Pradesh or Uttarakhand next month.

It will be the first such exercise after the 2014 LokSabha polls which saw Congress securing its worst ever performance of just 44 seats in a House of 543.

A senior leader, who declined to be identified, said that such a programme is being finalised and most probably it will be held in a hill state. Karnataka, which is also a party-ruled state, could also be considered.        

The brainstorming session is being held at a time when Rahul Gandhi's elevation to the party chief's post is being talked about in party circles.        Soon after the poll debacle, party leaders have saidthat a meeting of the Congress Working Committee to deliberateon the causes of the reverses would be held soon.

In 2003, Sonia Gandhi had organised a chintan shivir at Shimla where the Congress for the first time gave indications of its openness to share power at the Centre by calling for unity of secular forces. 

Next year, Congress-led UPA hadensured ouster of the NDA Government led by Atal BihariVajpayee.
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