After the party’s poor performance in recently concluded five state assembly elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, and Manipur to tender resignations in order to facilitate the reorganization of the state unit’s top post.

Uttarakhand Congress Chief Ganesh Godiyal and Goa Congress Chief Girish Chodankar have already resigned from the post taking moral responsibility for the defeat, while Uttar Pradesh Congress Chief Ajay Kumar Lallu, Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Manipur Congress Chief Nameirakpam Loken Singh are expected to resign from any time now over the poor performance of the party in the polls.

Taking to Twitter, Surjewala said, “Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa & Manipur to put in their resignations in order to facilitate the reorganization of PCCs.”

This comes after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) chaired by Sonia Gandhi was held on Sunday to introspect the Congress’s crushing defeat in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur. In the almost five-hour-long meeting, the CWC members had urged Sonia Gandhi to continue to lead and initiate changes required to strengthen the party.