Congress president Sonia Gandhi did some plain speak at a meet with senior party leaders to brainstorm on the party's defeat in the recent Assembly polls.
Sonia called on her party to "take note of our serious setbacks and put our house in order". She told the CWC meet that a small group will be set up to look at every aspect that caused party's electoral reverses.
"We need to candidly understand why Congress failed to dislodge incumbent govts in Kerala, Assam and drew complete blank in West Bengal," Sonia Gandhi stated, adding that "If we do not face reality, we will not draw right lessons".
The party chief's strong words come days after she described their performance in last month's Assembly elections as "very disappointing" and added that it was "unexpectedly so".