NEW DELHI: Just two days after a second successive humiliating defeat in Lok Sabha elections, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet Saturday morning amid indications that party president Rahul Gandhi would offer to resign taking responsibility for the poll debacle.The CWC is meeting amidst rumblings in the party that the leadership chose a poor Modi-centric strategy that didn’t go down well with voters. The deliberations would involve chief ministers of five Congress-ruled states — that include Punjab, where a very public feud between chief minister Amarinder Singh and senior leader Navjyot Sidhu broke out—bringing the matter to the doorstep of the central leadership. If Rahul Gandhi offers to resign from the top organizational post, there is a possibility that the CWC will reject the proposal. But it is not clear how the party chief will react to the party leaders’ view that he stay on. The likelihood of Rahul offering his resignation and the possible implications kept the party engaged on the eve of the meeting.However, soon after results were evident on Thursday, Congress strongly denied media reports suggesting that Rahul Gandhi had quit his post. The AICC dubbed the reports “mischievous”.The meeting of the CWC is customary in the wake of such significant developments— though it is expected to meet to discuss political issues—like the defeat in national polls. But the party’s alacrity in convening it within a couple of days of the outcome shows the leadership wants to convey a message to workers that it understands the gravity of the situation.Party leaders blame the disastrous show on the leadership’s refusal to heed the caution on strategy and issues and for obsessing over Modi. There is a sense that the negative campaign against Modi, with Rahul Gandhi repeatedly using the “chowkidar chor hai” backfired on the party.There is unhappiness with the Congress chief as leaders said he failed to capitalise on the victories in December in three BJP states by choosing the wrong issues. According to some leaders, the choice of the Rafale fighter jet purchase to attack Modi simply failed to move voters and Rahul chose to persist with it even as it was clear that crowds at public meetings were not responsive at all.It is also felt Congress was hasty in challenging Modi to prove his credentials on national security and questions on Balakot were off the mark.