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Presidential crisis in Congress continues. The question is, for how long?

In Bihar, the party has never come as close to victory as it did this time

Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)
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Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Aditi Phadnis
“We accept the verdict. We are disappointed with our performance in Bihar. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will review it in due course and come up with an official statement of our position…I think, 10 seats either this way or that would have changed the government,” said former finance minister P Chidambaram at a press conference, analysing the Bihar election verdict, where the Congress contested 70 seats, won 19 and dragged the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) down with it, denying Tejashwi Yadav the chance to form the government.
 
A member of the G23 — so-called because earlier this year, a