Tilak was one of the young politicians — many of them first-generation politicians below 45 years of age —appointed by Gandhi in October last year. Gandhi had resigned as Congress president on May 25 after the party managed to win only 52 of 543 Lok Sabha seats in the general elections. Though the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party’s highest decision making body, unanimously rejected his resignation, Gandhi remained firm on his decision. General secretary incharge of Madhya Pradesh Deepak Babaria, AICC secretaries Virender Rathore, Anil Choudhury and Rajesh Dharmani, and foreign cell secretary Virender Vashist among others had resigned last month. “Even before the AICC Secretaries could settle and perform, you have taken the decision to step down.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2019 19:52 UTC