New Delhi Admitting that the assembly poll results were very disappointing for the Congress in Punjab and Goa and below expectations in Uttar Pradesh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday asked party members to shed factionalism if the party was to win or lose the coming electoral battles.
"Most importantly, we must all shed all manner of factional behaviour, and fight as one disciplined team at all levels. That will be the single-most important factor to decide whether we win or lose," Sonia said in her address to the Congress parliamentary party.
"People look to us — but we need to show them our commitment and our unity if we are to convert this sentiment into electoral victories," she added.
In her first speech to party MPs since the January-March assembly polls in five states, Gandhi asked partymen to draw lessons from the outcome and prepare for the forthcoming contests.
Assembly elections are due in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh later this year and in Karnataka next year. All three states are ruled by Bharatiya Janata Party. Assembly elections are also due next year in Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh ahead of Lok Sabha polls in 2014.
"Most importantly, we must all shed all manner of factional behaviour, and fight as one disciplined team at all levels. That will be the single-most important factor to decide whether we win or lose," Sonia said in her address to the Congress parliamentary party.
"People look to us — but we need to show them our commitment and our unity if we are to convert this sentiment into electoral victories," she added.
In her first speech to party MPs since the January-March assembly polls in five states, Gandhi asked partymen to draw lessons from the outcome and prepare for the forthcoming contests.
Assembly elections are due in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh later this year and in Karnataka next year. All three states are ruled by Bharatiya Janata Party. Assembly elections are also due next year in Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh ahead of Lok Sabha polls in 2014.
