Veteran leaders within the Congress feel that certain decisions taken by Rahul Gandhi have cost the party dearly in these Assembly Polls however none of them have come out openly to voice their unease. Secretly most of them agree Rahul Gandhi’s decision to ally with the Left in West Bengal was a wrong move and in Assam to have not sided with Badruddin Ajmal proved heavy for the party. His decisions like not giving enough time to Himanta Biswa Sarma or not paying heed to a senior leader like Vijay Bahuguna or joining protests at JNU in support of Kanhaiya Kumar or for that matter even demonstrating for Rohit Vemula in Hyderabad went against the Congress. Digvijay Singh one of the most seasoned politicians who has served his entire life for the Congress has openly come out and said that there is a need for surgery on such decisions and that the Party President Sonia Gandhi must take serious action.