Rahul Gandhi offers to resign as Congress chief after humiliating loss

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday conceded defeat from his traditional Amethi seat to Union Minister Smriti Irani of the BJP even as the Election Commission continued to update the margin by 44082 votes After realising and accepting his defeat Congress president Rahul Gandhi offered to resign as Congress chief after a humiliating Lok Sabha loss that saw him lose even his stronghold of Amethi in Uttar PradeshWatch the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections results live herePM Modi arrives to heros welcomeAfter conceding defeat Rahul congratulated Smriti on her historic win in Amethi According to sources Gandhi told a group of senior Congress leaders including his mother Sonia that he takes full responsibility for the election defeat and that he is willing to resign as the partys president However Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala denied the reports of Rahul Gandhi offering to resignI accept the verdict of the people of India ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0087regethu00c2u009fu00c2u0087sup3Congratulations to the winners Mr Modi amp the NDAThank you to the people of Wayanad for electing me as your MP Thank you also to the people of Amethi Thank you Congress workers amp leaders for your hard work in this campaignmdash Rahul Gandhi RahulGandhi May 23 2019While addressing the press conference the Congress president wished Prime Minister all the best and hoped that he looks after the interest of the people When reporters asked what went wrong according to him Gandhi said it did not matter today what he thinks but told Congress party workers to not feel dejected and have faithRahul Gandhi to resign as Congress president Watch the below videoCongress President Rahul Gandhi congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BJPs bumper win in the general elections Calling the results peoples mandate the Congress chief said I had said that during the campaign janta maalik hai public is the decision maker and today people have clearly given their decision I congratulate the PM and BJPWhat matters today is that people have decided Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister and I respect that Gandhi said while briefing the media in New Delhi He further maintained There are two visions One is of Modi ji and another of Congress We will make our ideology win But now we have to accept that in these elections the BJP and Narendra Modi ji has wonAlso ReadElection results 2019 Rahul Gandhi concedes defeat in Amethi congratulates Smriti IraniThe 2019 Lok Sabha Elections is the first election fought by the Congress party with Rahul Gandhi as party President During his campaign Rahul had repeatedly said that the opposition will oust the Modi government Rahul Gandhi was elected Congress chief in December 2017 at the culmination of partys organisational elections Sonia Gandhi had helmed the Congress for almost 19 years of which the party led a government at the Centre with its allies for 10 yearsFor all the live updates and stats on Lok Sabha Election Result 2019 click hereTop Election Results 2019 storiesElection Results 2019 Modi wave across India as BJP supporters rejoiceLok Sabha election results 2019 As Smriti Irani wins in Amethi meet her cutest supporterInside Photos Uddhav Aaditya Thackeray with Devendra Fadnavis at Matoshree in BandraElection Results 2019 Shiv Sena supporters celebrate with laddoos at Sena Bhavan in DadarLok Sabha Election results 2019 Hema Malini congratulates architect Narendra Modi on TwitterArnab Goswami accidentally refers to Sunny Deol as Sunny Leone Netizens go crazyLok Sabha Election results 2019 BJPSena combine leads in 44 seats NCP in 3 in MaharashtraLok Sabha Election Results 2019 Smriti Irani leads Rahul Gandhi twitter goes berserkLok Sabha Election Results 2019 Sunny Deols dhai kilo ka haath too much for Sunil JakharLok Sabha Election results 2019 Narendra Modi congratulates Naveen Patnaik for retaining OdishaElection 2019 Urmila Matondkar files complaint with EC alleging mismatch in signatures on EVM formCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates