“You don’t change leadership for losses in one or two elections” “You don’t change leadership for losses in one or two elections”Days after the Congress suffered its worst ever defeat in UP, state Congress president Raj Babbar on Wednesday offered to resign, taking moral responsibility for the defeat. “I take moral responsibility for the party’s defeat in Uttar Pradesh. I was given the responsibility but I could not fulfill it. His offer to step down came on a day the party rejected the resignation of Congress general secretary B K Hariprasad. He had quit taking responsibility for the party’s defeat in the civic elections in Odisha, a state which he was in charge.

Source: Indian Express March 15, 2017 20:15 UTC