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Cong panel meets Digvijay before submitting UP report

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The report, which has, according to sources, blamed perception of corruption, wrong ticket distribution, controversial campaigning and poor organisational structure on the ground along with price rise as main reasons for party's debacle in Uttar Pradesh will be submitting the report to Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a day or two, sources said.

Emerging after the meeting, Singh, however, sought to downplay the media reports about the findings saying it was media creation.

"Is the Committee report out? Has the report been submitted? I have not seen the report. It is your creation. What can I say when the report has not been read by me," Singh told reporters in response to a volley of questions on the issue.

 

Responding to questions on whether he owns responsibility for the party's defeat, Law Minister Salman Khurshid told reporters that they should have also asked this question to him also when Congress had got 22 Lok Sabha seats in last general elections in 2009.

He at the same time said, "I am (responsible). We all are. We are party workers. We off course take responsibility."

Khurshid felt that it was wrong to say at this stage that that the report has held somebody responsible as it was not yet out.

"The report will come and we will and on the basis of report, we will move forward," he said.

Party MP Jagdambika Pal said Congress Working Committee will look into the report and since Sonia Gandhi had constituted the Antony Committee, steps will definitely be taken according to its recommendations for reviving Congress for next Lok Sabha elections in 2014. (MORE) PTI AMR RT

  

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First Published: May 02 2012 | 9:55 PM IST

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