On the other hand, neither Sonia nor Rahul seem to have paid any attention on reviving the party in states where the Congress has been pushed out of electoral relevance. The party organization continues to be in a shambles in the northeastern states, which until just six years ago were largely BJP-mukt. In Andhra Pradesh, a Congress bastion until 2014 when the UPA government gave in to pressure for bifurcating the state and carving out Telangana, YS Jaganmohan Reddy – son of Congress stalwart late YS Rajasekhar Reddy – has reduced the Grand Old Party to a fringe entity. In Telangana, the Congress hasn’t even been able to take some credit for creating the state and continues to struggle for survival. In Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Tamil Nadu, the party’s plans of revival don’t even exist on paper. Of course, these are regions where the party has lost ground over a long span of time and it would be unfair to expect a turnaround in a year’s time. Yet, the absence of any credible effort to rebuild the party must make Congressmen wonder if the leadership wants the 2019 Lok Sabha score of zero seats across 13 states become a recurring reality.