New Delhi: Dismal performance of the grand old party Congress in just concluded five states Assembly elections has forced Congress high command to advance its internal elections.

Meanwhile, dissidents within the party including G-23 leaders likely pressurise the party's high command for the change of leadership. They already stated that 'change is inevitable for the party to get success'

Congress Working Committee, a top decision-making body will meet on Sunday to introspect its huge defeat in the elections.

The internal meeting was scheduled for September 2022, aimed at renewed questions about its leadership. The pressure is mounting on the Gandhi family to give up leadership due to its repeated failure in win the elections.

After losing Punjab, Congress is holding only two states, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh. An attempt has been made by the BJP to unseat Ashok Gehlot's government in Rajasthan.

Congress has failed to retain Punjab and failed to put up effort to unseat the BJP government in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.

Despite, Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi led the campaign in Uttar Pradesh, it got just two seats out of 403 member Assembly in Uttar Pradesh.

After the defeat, discontent within Congress is growing. Senior Congress leader and MP, Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said the party could not avoid change while his colleague Jaiveer Shergill appealed for reform and warned against "sugar-coating" the loss.

"All of us who believe in Congress are hurting from the results of the recent assembly elections. It is time to reaffirm the idea of India that Congress has stood for and the positive agenda it offers the nation. And to reform our organisational leadership in a manner that will reignite those ideas and inspire the people. One thing is clear - Change is unavoidable if we need to succeed," Mr Tharoor tweeted.

The results are also likely to bolster the case of the group of dissidents within the party dubbed the "G-23" which first wrote an unprecedented letter two years ago to Sonia Gandhi asking for sweeping changes and a "visible and effective leadership".

‘G-23’ Leaders meets: Soon after Congress's dismal performance in the five states elections, Congress ‘G-23’ (dissident) leaders met at senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's residence on Friday evening.

Former Union Ministers Kapil Sibal and Manish Tewari, Anand Sharma held meeting at Azad’s residence.

All four are part of the "G-23" or group of 23 "dissident" leaders who had written to party president Sonia Gandhi two years ago, calling for sweeping organisational changes and a "visible and full-time leadership" to tackle the Congress' unending run of election disasters.

The party's decimation has revived calls within the party for a leadership change, especially by members of the "G-23", who have been vocal in their criticism.