Over 130 Congress leaders resign in solidarity with Rahul Gandhi

Over a month after Congress President Rahul Gandhi said he wished to quit as the party chief, over 130 Congress office bearers on Friday resigned from their respective posts to show solidarity with him. Some threatened to protest outside the homes of other senior party office bearers in the days to come, if the latter did not follow their example of quitting their respective posts and give Gandhi a “free hand” to restructure the party.
 
Leaders who quit said accountability for the party’s failure in the Lok Sabha needed to be fixed, and should not stop merely with the