Expressing disappointment over Rahul Gandhi's resignation as the Congress President, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder on Wednesday said Rahul should have continued to lead the party with the same dynamism and fighting spirit with which he had steered the election campaign.  

Rahul Gandhi had posted his letter of resignation on Twitter on Wednesday, in which he said he was honoured to serve the Congress party. Meanwhile, there were speculations that Motilal Vora would be appointed as interim party president. Denying any such development, the Congress party sources said any decision on the party chief will be taken collectively.

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Motilal Vora was announced as the interim president of the Congress party on Wednesday, The development came soon after Rahul Gandhi posted his resignation letter on Twitter. In the letter, Rahul Gandhi held accountability for Congress' defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Read on to know how is Motilal Vora related to the Congress Party.

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday resigned as Congress President post and tweeted his resignation letter and has changed his Twitter bio. Rahul Gandhi has removed 'Congress president' as his designation from his official Twitter profile.

Point in reference -- hours after Rahul Gandhi announced he had quit as the party president at least a month back, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Motilal Vora was named as the interim president.

Rahul Gandhi resigns as Congress President over a month after the Congress Party lost 2019 Lok Sabha election. Rahul Gandhi took 100 per cent responsibility for Congress' defeat and said that he would continue to fight against the ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"As President of the Congress party, I am responsible for the loss of the 2019 election. Accountability is critical for the future growth of our party," Rahul Gandhi said in a letter that was put on his Twitter account.

In his resignation letter, Rahul Gandhi took accountability of the Congress party's defeat in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. We didn’t fight a political party in the 2019 election, every institution of which was marshalled against the opposition. Rather, we fought the entire machinery of the Indian state, It is now crystal clear that our once cherished institutional neutrality no longer exists in India, he said in his resignation letter.

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday tweeted a resignation letter in which he mentioned it was an honour for him to serve the Congress Party. Earlier during the day, Gandhi had said he has already submitted his resignation and that he is no longer the Congress chief. Gandhi's resignation comes after the Congress won just 52 of the 542 Lok Sabha seats.

Rahul Gandhi, earlier in the day, resigned from the top post of the party and said the party's working committee should meet immediately to decide on his successor.

Rahul said that he had given his resignation a month ago and the new president should have been chosen then.

A Congress leader in Delhi has attempted suicide by hanging himself outside Party office in the capital. He has reportedly asked Rahul Gandhi to take back his resignation failing which he would 'hang himself'.

Chief ministers of Rajasthan, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Puducherry met Rahul Gandhi and held a detailed discussion on the party's poll debacle as also apprised him of their own feelings as well as those of the party workers from across the country who want him to continue providing leadership to the grand old party.

Rahul Gandhi chaired a meeting of top leaders of J&K in Delhi and discussed the overall political and security situation of the state, a Congress spokesman said.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi was set to meet later on Monday Chief Ministers of five Congress-ruled states amid mass resignations in the party following the sweeping defeat in Lok Sabha elections.

The meeting comes in the backdrop of a continuing suspense over Gandhi's future role in the party and a spate of resignations by Congress leaders at various levels.

At a press conference, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said many party leaders have resigned, but the prevailing sentiment is that Rahul Gandhi should continue as the party president.

In a letter written to Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Kumar states that he is equally responsible for the party's poor showings and takes full responsibility of the failiure in his capacity as 'Co-incharge' for the state of Rajasthan.

Several leaders of the Congress have resigned from their posts to give Rahul Gandhi a free hand to choose a new team in the wake of the Lok Sabha election disaster although he is adamant on giving up the presidency.