Sonia Gandhi | Credit: Reuters New Delhi: After drubbing in the recently concluded Assembly polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the party’s state unit chiefs in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur to tender their resignations. Those who have been asked to resign include Navjot Singh Sidhu (Punjab), Ganesh Godiyal (Uttarakhand), Nameirakpam Loken Singh (Manipur), Ajay Kumar Lallu (UP) and Girish Chodankar (Goa). The development comes two days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) discussed the reasons behind the party’s debacle in these Assembly polls. The Congress failed to win in any of the states and lost Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur to put in their resignations in order to facilitate the reorganisation of PCCs,” the chief spokesperson of the party Randeep Surjewala said on Twitter.Related News‘I, Rahul and Priyanka ready to resign if…’: Sonia Gandhi during crucial meet on poll drubbingSonia Gandhi will continue as party chief, to take corrective measures to revamp organisation: Congress after 4-hour CWC meetingCWC had dismissed Sonia Gandhi’s resignation In the CWC meeting, party members had asked the Congress president to initiate necessary changes in the organisation in order to strengthen it.Related NewsAfter poll debacle, G-23 leaders suggest replacement of Gandhis, name Mukul Wasnik for Congress chief post “The CWC unanimously reaffirms its faith in the leadership of Smt. Sonia Gandhi and requests the Congress President to lead from the front, address the organisational weaknesses, effect necessary and comprehensive organisational changes in order to take on the political challenges,” it had said after the meeting. The CWC in its statement said that the recent Assembly election results of five states are a cause of serious concern for Congress. The party acknowledged that due to shortcomings in its strategy, it could not effectively expose the misrule of BJP state governments in four states and overcome the anti-incumbency in the state of Punjab in the short time after effecting a change of leadership.‘Gandhi family alone could not be held responsible for the loss’During the meeting, the CWC members told Sonia Gandhi that the Gandhi family alone could not be held responsible for the loss in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa and termed the grand old party’s performance in the recent Assembly election results of five states a cause of serious concern for the Congress. The party acknowledged that due to shortcomings in its strategy, it could not effectively expose the misrule of BJP state governments in four states and overcome the anti-incumbency in the state of Punjab in the short time after effecting a change of leadership.