Congress battles growing restlessness ahead of Assembly elections

Around this time the party was to hold elections to the post of party president. Amid Covid-19, the exercise was cancelled indefinitely after the CWC put its seal of approval on the cancellation

Former Union minister of state and Congress’ in charge of West Bengal for the Assembly elections, Jitin Prasada’s switch to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has neither shaken nor stirred the Congress. 

“He lost three elections in a row. In the last round, he lost his deposit. Still, the party gave him important responsibilities. (His exit is) no big deal,” said a Congress MP from Tamil Nadu. 

But, he said, the party had bigger issues to worry about. “Mukul Roy returned from the BJP to the Trinamool Congress because of a magnet. That magnet is Mamata Banerjee. Where is our