New Delhi: As the Congress working committee held a meeting to discuss the outcome of the assembly elections in five states, party MP Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter sharing a party-wise breakdown of MLAs in various states. The Thiruvananthapuram MP is incidentally part of the dissident G-23 group has has repeatedly called for reform within the Congress. “This is why Congress remains by far the most credible of the national opposition parties. It’s also why it’s worth reforming and reviving,” he wrote, sharing a screengrab that indicates that there are 753 Congress MLAs (the highest after the BJP’s 1443) across India. As per the image, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress comes in third with 236 MLAs, followed by the Aam Aadmi Party.Similar sentiments had been voiced on Saturday by West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who noted that the party held 20% of the Opposition’s total vote share. He was responding to remarks made by TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee where she had suggested that the other party was “losing its credibility”.
This is why @incindia remains by far the most credible of the national opposition parties. It’s also why it’s worth… t.co/JYQ6lS2NRY— ANI (@ANI) Mar 13, 2022In the recently concluded elections, the Congress lost Punjab to the AAP and failed to wrest Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur away from the BJP. The party’s seat tally in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh also fell to its lowest. The meeting of the party’s highest decision-making body is likely to witness some fireworks as the G-23 dissident leaders have indicated that the issue of internal polls could be raised again.The group which has previously questioned the leadership and pressed for organisation overhaul had today suggested Mukul Wasnik’s name for the post of president of the party. According to reports quoting an unnamed member of the grouping however, the idea had not been accepted.Related News’Congress has 700 MLAs across India’: AR Chowdhury hits back at Mamata Banerjee, calls her ‘mad person’