New Delhi: With Rahul Gandhi adamant on resigning from the post of the Congress party president and taking responsibility for the party's poor performance in the 17th Lok Sabha elections, several Congress office-bearers on Friday resigned en-masse to take collective responsibility for the poll debacle.
The resignations came after MP Vivek Tankha quit as the chairman of the party's legal and human rights cell and urged others to follow suit to give a free hand to Rahul Gandhi to restructure the party at all levels.
One of the party leaders to have resigned included Virendra Singh Rathore, who said that it is unfair to hold Rahul Gandhi responsible for the party not winning enough seats in the election and stressed on holding every party leader accountable for the same.
"We feel that it's unfair to put the blame on Rahul Gandhi and demand his resignation. Every party worker will have to take collective responsibility," said Rathore