The outlook for the Congress is steadily getting bleaker. As the only potential nationwide alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it has lost credibility as a political force in state after state, losing to both the BJP and regional parties. In recent years it has lost ground in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Delhi, and West Bengal to regional parties; and in Assam, Haryana, and Karnataka to the BJP, besides Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It has ceased to count in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar, having been in that position in Gujarat two decades ago. Its resurgence in Madhya Pradesh (MP)
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Writing on the wall
Status quo means the Congress will continue to lose ground
 "Sonia Gandhi to remain interim president for six months or longer until an All India Congress Committee (AICC) session is held to ‘select or elect' a successor. Rahul remained non-committal on returning as party chief (Photo: PTI)")
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Sonia Gandhi to remain interim president for six months or longer until an All India Congress Committee (AICC) session is held to ‘select or elect’ a successor. Rahul remained non-committal on returning as party chief (Photo: PTI)
