It is Congress in stress, duress and mess, as Mumbai Congress Chief Milind Deora resigned from his post on a frenetic Sunday for the party. Deora's resignation comes sandwiched between two big resignation announcements. The first is of party President Rahul Gandhi who quit taking responsibility for the poll debacle. Hours after Deora's resignation came the other big announcement that Congress General Secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia has also taken the exit route crowded with Congressmen.

Deora said, "Although I was made Mumbai Congress president one month before the elections, I had very little time to repair the damage done to the party because it moved away from the multi-lingual and multi-cultural ideals. After meeting Rahul Gandhi on June 26, I felt in a spirit of collective responsibility, I too should resign, and offered my resignation on June 28. I will continue to serve the party in any way I can. I can only hope that the incoming president of the Congress continues to follow the multi-lingual and multi-cultural ideals that the party is known for and does not go back to the earlier days of identity politics." By that Deora meant that certain groups in Congress were promoting their own interests rather than those of the party.