Congress hits the panic button

It's taken three phases of elections voting in 100 constituencies for the Congress to see the writing on the wall. Alarmed by an internal assessment that shows the Congress has fared far worse than expected and is in danger of being pushed out of the game in the Lok Sabha polls by a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has stepped in to stem the tide in the 350-odd seats that the party is contesting.

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