"Yes, the Congress party is facing a very serious crisis," Ramesh told PTI in an interview.He said the Congress had faced "electoral crisis" from 1996 to 2004 when it was out of power. "But today, I would say that the Congress is facing an existential crisis. And they think differently, they act differently, and if we are not flexible in our approach, we will become irrelevant, frankly," the Congress leader said.He said the Congress party must also recognise that India has changed. "Old slogans don't work, old formulas don't work, old mantras don't work. I feel that it may happen before the end of 2017," Ramesh said.He said he had "no" indication about appointment of Rahul Gandhi as Congress president.

Source: Times of India August 07, 2017 10:30 UTC