'Directionless leadership responsible, not EC': Shivraj Chouhan on Congress' poll defeats

NEW DELHI: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday blamed the Congress’s “directionless leadership” for its continued electoral defeats and criticised the opposition party for holding institutions such as the Election Commission (EC) responsible for its repeated losses.“Losing elections back-to-back and reacting by taking out protests and taking matters to the streets has become the fate of the Congress... The reason for this is not the Election Commission, but the directionless leadership of Congress itself,” Chouhan remarked at a press conference at the headquarters of the ruling BJP in the capital.He also cited recent instances of infighting within the Congress, including in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, as contributing to the party’s electoral setbacks.In Punjab, the Congress replaced Amarinder Singh Raja Warring with Pargat Singh as state unit president amid escalating tensions between Warring’s camp and that of former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi.