"Elangovan had resigned recently. His resignation has been accepted," party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told news agency PTI.
Congress, which had contested 41 seats as part of the DMK-led alliance, could manage only eight of them and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is understood to have expressed his displeasure over the result.
"Our party's state unit chief submitted his resignation on June 15 itself as electoral results were not on expected lines," party functionary VR Sivaraman, a confidant of Elangovan, he said
Factionalism in the party surfaced in the backdrop of the resignation of Mr Elangovan with aspirants lobbying for the top state unit post.
Several names have begun doing the rounds for the TNCC chief post. They include Chidambaram former Chennai deputy mayor Karate Thiagarajan, former state minister Thirunavukarasar and former Lok Sabha lawmaker Manicka Tagore.so tamilnadu Congress need new chief.
Monday, 27 June 2016
TN Congress Immediately Need New Chief
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