New Delhi: Voices are growing in the Congress over the role of “Team Rahul” in the Lok Sabha elections with suggestions that the aides of Vice-President Rahul Gandhi could not read the ground realities.
Party leaders have begun giving vent to their feelings after the party’s debacle in the Lok Sabha polls. However, the criticism is not targeted directly at Rahul Gandhi, who led the party’s campaign, but his team which aided him in campaign planning and strategy.
Former Union Minister Milind Deora, who said that Gandhi’s advisers did not have their ears to the ground, stuck to his remarks yesterday. “My comments are out of emotions of deep loyalty to the party, pain of our performance & a sincere desire to see us bounce back. Nothing more,” Deora tweeted.
“Field party work & electoral battles are key to comprehend ground realities. This should form the basis for leadership posts in the Congress,” he wrote in another tweet. IANS
