New Delhi:Rajya Sabha MP Pratap Singh Bajwa, who resigned as the Vice Chairman of AICC Foreign Affairs Department on Saturday, said that all the senior leaders in the party should resign from their respective posts in order to give a free hand to Rahul Gandhi to revamp the party.
"The idea which is going on in Congress is that the party needs to make structural changes at a big stage. It needs to get new faces. A deep introspection needs to be done regarding the second consecutive loss of the party. To strengthen Rahul Gandhi's hands, to show confidence in his leadership and to convince him that whatever decision he will take to improve Congress' image we are with him, I feel all the senior leaders whether they are Congress working committee members or present Chief Minister or state presidents should resign," Bajwa said.
"The one whose work is good and Rahul is happy with it, that person's resignation will not be accepted. This is our basic motive- to give Rahul Gandhi a free hand. Let him make an earnest effort to make a change. In 70 years, Congress has been in power for 50 years. We should not feel disappointed. BJP was restricted to just two seats in 1984, but they worked hard to make the party come up," he added.
Besides Bajwa, former vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and senior Congress leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy also appealed to all State in charges, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) presidents and Congress Working Committee (CWC) office bearers to submit their resignations in order to give Gandhi a free hand to reorganise and revamp the Congress.