New Delhi:  Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday, January 4,  set a fact-finding panel to evaluate the results of the recent Assembly elections in Gujarat and suggest measures to be taken.

The committee comprising Dr Shakeel Ahmad Khan and Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka as members, headed by Nitin Raut will submit a report to Mallikarjun Kharge within a fortnight.

Notably, the Congress faced its worst-ever rout in these Assembly elections, and the party has alleged that it was due to of the ruling party’s money power and muscle power, coupled with blatant misuse of the state machinery, and the Election Commission (EC) remaining a mute spectator to the complaints lodged by the Congress.

The Congress, once a dominant political force in Gujarat, has lost the 6 previous Assembly elections in a row to the BJP since 1995 and hopes to regain past glory.

It is also to be noted  that Gujarat along with  Himachal Pradesh will also be the first major test for the new Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, the first non-Gandhi leader in 24 years to occupy the party's top post.

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