Chief ministers of five Congress-ruled states on Monday are believed to have requested Rahul Gandhi to stay on as party president in a two-hour meeting at his residence but Rahul, according to sources, did not relent. When the chief ministers were asked about resignations, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot told the assembled media after the meeting: "In elections, victories and defeats happen. This issue has already been resolved as all chief ministers have offered their resignations at the meeting of Congress Working Committee on May 25.... The five chief ministers - Gehlot, Kamal Nath, Amarinder Singh, Bhupesh Baghel and V Narayanasamy - also expressed their views on the party’s debacle in Lok Sabha elections. This was the first meeting of the chief ministers with the party resident after he offered to resign in May.

Source: The Telegraph July 01, 2019 17:37 UTC