At least four Congress leaders have either left the party or stepped down from key positions in a matter of a week in Rahul Gandhi's constituency of Wayanad in Kerala, ahead of the state Assembly polls. They have cited organisational disinterest and "groupism" as reasons for their departure. While senior leaders have moved in to tackle the situation and play it down as inconsequential, the exits do not bode well for the party as it looks to return to power in the state after five years.
