New Delhi: The much-talked about report of the AK Antony panel, which went into the reasons of worst-ever poll debacle of Congress, has not blamed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in its observations.
Rahul Gandhi is not to be blamed for Congress defeat in Lok Sabha polls. Such things have been spread by mischievous people to weaken party, said Antony on Friday.
Antony, who headed a committee that probed the reasons for Congress' loss in the Lok Sabha poll, submitted its report to party president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday.
“I am not going to reveal or say anything about the content of the report," Antony told reporters here.
"Rahul and Sonia ji were the ones who held rallies across the country. Something else was the reason for the loss," the former defence minister said.
Party leader Mukul Wasnik, who was a member of the committee, said: "Congress will reclaim its glory in the leadership of Sonia ji and Rahul ji."
All the four members of the panel Antony, Wasnik, RC Khuntia and Avinash Pandey met the Congress president and submitted to her the voluminous report yesterday.
Apart from giving a condensed over-all report on the Congress' poor show nation wide, the multi-volume report has also focused on specific states incorporating the discussions held with their leaders on the reasons for the defeat and the recommendations of the panel, sources said.
With the Assembly polls in four states approaching, the report would help the leadership to take the remedial steps at the earliest to stem the rot.
Sources indicated that instead of being critical of the leadership, the report talks about the manipulation of media coverage by the BJP and the controversial role played by the media, the lacunae in Congress campaign vis a vis the blitzkrieg of Narendra Modi's election campaign.
The four-member panel was set up a fortnight after the results were out on May 16, which had come as a huge shock for the party.
The Congress had got its lowest tally of 44 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha in the General Elections held in April-May this year.
(With Agency inputs)
First Published: Friday, August 15, 2014, 11:15
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