Rahul to be 'more active' in future, says Cong

May 20, 2016 20:31

Amid questions over Rahul Gandhi's leadership after poll debacle, the Congress on Friday signalled that the national leadership is not washing off its hands even as it insisted that the party vice president took no decision on

his own and that he would be "more active" in the future.

After senior leader Digvijay Singh stirred the hornet's nest by talking about the need for "major surgery", the party said a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision-making body, will be convened soon to discuss the poll outcome and the future course of action.

However, efforts to shield Rahul Gandhi continued, with party spokesman P C Chacko saying he had not taken a single decision on his own and that it was the state units where poll strategy was decided as per the local conditions.

"We had given full freedom to state units to decide poll strategy...We are not saying national leadership is not responsible," Chacko told reporters while replying to a volley of questions on the poll drubbing.

The CWC had taken decisions on state elections as "ours is a federal system", he said.

On Digvijay Singh's pitch for "major surgery" which reflected an unease in the party, the spokesman said suggestions from senior leaders are welcome but "I wish suggestions are made inside the party fora".

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