News Analysis
Do young leaders have a future in the Congress? Grappling with this question, some chose to leave while others, who remain in the grand old party, are worried about an uncertain future. The party's electoral record hardly gives any confidence to the younger lot.
The Congress has lost 39 of the 49 elections held since 2014, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) 10-year rule. Leaders that the UPA had showcased as Congress' young turks and close to former party chief Rahul Gandhi, have left the party in a steady stream.
