New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The gains of the 2024 Lok Sabha election now appear to be a distant dream for Congress after they failed to capitalise on Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections in the latter part of that year, and witnessed a complete collapse in Delhi and Bihar Assembly elections in 2025.

The indomitable Bharatiya Janata Party outmanoeuvred Congress in all aspects, serving them humiliating defeats in Delhi and Bihar, prompting experts to call out the party's leadership to take up the responsibility and bring "serious people" and raise "serious issues."

Repeated electoral disappointments also exposed the strategic and ideological crisis and gave rise to voices of dissent within the party.

Yogesh Kamdar, Member of the Advisory...