Raj Babbar offers to resign as UP Congress chief after party's poor performance in assembly elections. So, is that the 'structural change' Rahul Gandhi spoke of?


After the massive defeat in Uttar Pradesh where it had forged an alliance with the Samajwadi Party to take on the BJP, the Congress vice-president said yesterday that there was a need to make structural and organisational changes in the party.

Commenting on the power struggle in Manipur and Goa, where the Congress won majority of seats but the BJP staked claim to form government, Rahul said the BJP is misusing money for power.

Rahul also accused the BJP of "stealing" the mandate of people and "undermining democracy" in these states by use of money power. He alleged that the Goa Governor acted in a "partisan" manner.

"They are saying that it is okay for them to misuse the office of the Governor...In the two states where we won, democracy has been undermined by them (BJP) using financial power, money. That is what is happening. The mandate of the people of Goa and Manipur has been stolen by the BJP," he told reporters outside Parliament.