Senior Congress leader and in charge of the assembly election campaign in West Bengal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, said that the central leadership of his party needs to seriously introspect over its recent washout in the TMC-ruled state.

AR Chowdhury while reflecting on the Congress party’s humiliating defeat in the state assembly election 2021 in West Bengal and other states, said that Congress needs to hit the streets and come out of Twitter and Facebook.

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AR Chowdhury, who is the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, had once opposed reforms in the party advocated by the Group of 23. In wake of whitewash of the Congress, he has now called for a ”change in the party’s functioning.”

He said that “the women in Bengal sided with Mamata and the Muslims, fearing a repeat of Uttar Pradesh in Bengal, voted in favour of Mamata.”

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The veteran Congress leader regretted that his party failed to offer a concrete proposal, plan, or vision to the voters of Bengal. He added that the Left-Congress combine could make things better. The Left took the initiative of forging the alliance with the ISF. The common Left workers took great offence to this.

AR Chowdhury also cited the lack of support from the central leadership during electioneering in West Bengal. He added, “After two rallies, Rahul Gandhiji stopped coming to West Bengal because of the Covid-19 situation. It also demoralized our workers.”

After the West Bengal election, it is indeed a time for the grand old party-Congress to introspect.