AAP won, bluff and bluster lost. The people of Delhi, who are from all parts of India, have defeated the polarising… https://t.co/Pn2B38trqQ — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) 1581408925000

With due respect sir, just want to know- has @INCIndia outsourced the task of defeating BJP to state parties? If no… https://t.co/NGVsD9j2P9 — Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) 1581454636000

NEW DELHI: The differences within the Congress after the party's drubbing in the recently concluded Delhi assembly elections refuse to die down.Yet another Congress leader has come out in the open raising the "leadership question" within the party. Sandeep Dikshit , who is the son of former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, has accused senior Congress leaders of doing nothing to ensure selection of new party president because they are "scared who will bell the cat".Sandeep Dikshit got an open endorsement from senior leader and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor , who took to Twitter to renew his call for elections within the party to elect a new president.However, Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala hit out at Sandeep, asking him to first concentrate on working in his constituency for the party."All Delhi leaders need to introspect how much popular support they got when they contested elections. The party will gain a lot if the leaders who are busy criticising the party in the open, instead use this energy to work in their constituency and win popular support," Surjewala said when asked about the remarks made by Sandeep Dikshit.Earlier, Tharoor took to Twitter to endorse the remarks of Sandeep Dikshit."What Sandeep Dikshit has said openly is what dozens of party leaders from across the country are saying privately, including many with responsible positions in the party," Tharoor tweeted."Some have asked who should vote & for what. I was referring to my earlier call eight months ago for elections among the 10,000 party workers who constitute the “AICC plus PCC delegates” list. These should be for the elected seats in the CWC as well as for the party presidency," he added.Several Congress leaders have sparred in the open after party's electoral drubbing in the national capital.A war of words had broken out between Congress leaders Milind Deora and Ajay Maken on Twitter after the former praised the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for doubling its revenue. The party later cautioned its leaders to introspect their own responsibilities instead.Milind Deora had also sparred with AICC Delhi in-charge PC Chacko who sought to put the blame of the party's decline on late chief minister Sheila Dikshit. Chacko's remark that Congress started losing ground in Delhi from 2013, evoked strong reaction from Milind Deora.Deora slammed Chacko and said, "Sheila Dikshit ji was a remarkable politician and administrator. During her tenure as chief minister, Delhi was transformed and Congress was stronger than ever. Unfortunate to see her being blamed after her death. She dedicated her life to Congress and the people of Delhi."A day after the Delhi election results were announced, Congress leader Sharmishtha Mukherjee targetted senior leader P Chidambaram over his tweet congratulating the AAP for defeating the BJP.Taking on Chidambaram who called the AAP win as "defeat of bluff and bluster", Mukherjee in a tweet asked the former minister if the state Congress units should shut shop in case the party had decides that others will take on the BJP across states."With due respect sir, just want to know- has @INCIndia outsourced the task of defeating BJP to state parties? If not, then why r we gloating over AAP victory rather than being concerned abt our drubbing? And if 'yes', then we (PCCs) might as well close shop!" asked Mukherjee.Sharmishtha is daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, who has been a Congress leader all his life.And its not just in Delhi that the Congress has been facing infighting.In Madhya Pradesh, chief minister Kamal Nath and senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia have been at loggerheads after Scindia threatened to hit the streets if Congress government did not implement the party's manifesto in the state.(With inputs from agencies)