'When she was leaving the briefing, I asked Sonia Gandhi, "I hope you are not thinking of bringing in the just-defeated chief ministers as general secretaries of the AICC?" She immediately responded, "No, not at all." Renu Mittal reports from New Delhi.
While the party headquarters at 24, Akbar Road remained deserted on Sunday, Sonia Gandhi and her son, party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, walked to the All India Congress Committee office to speak to the media.
They were escorted by senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Janardhan Dwivedi, Ambika Soni and Ajay Maken.
Her chagrin was obvious when a journalist greeted her with a "Good afternoon."
Sonia Gandhi shot back, "It is not a good afternoon today."
Obviously, the dismal results of the assembly elections had hit her hard.
When she was leaving the briefing, I asked her, "I hope you are not thinking of bringing in the just-defeated chief ministers as general secretaries of the AICC?"
She immediately responded, "No, not at all."
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