The results of Karnataka elections are out, but we still do not know who is going to form the next government in the state. With the Congress shrinking from 122 seats in 2013 to 78 this time around, the demand for Rahul Gandhi to step down from the position of party president by critics is growing shrill.

While Rahul has being facing flak for not been able to revive Congress' fortunes since the party's slide began in 2014, the criticism against him has grown only louder since he took over as the party president from his mother Sonia Gandhi on December 16, 2017.

While Gujarat elections saw Congress give BJP a tough fight, the swift move by the party to tie up with Janata Dal Secular post Karnataka elections to trounce BJP shows the leader has come of age as a politician.

This belief in Rahul's ability to lead from the front was underlined in a Facebook post by founder and chairman of Careers360, Maheshwer Peri, which has gone viral. The post is a sharp rebuttal to Rahul's detractors:

Dear Rahul Gandhi,

You deserve to go. You must leave politics, take sanyas and walk away. You deserve to go,

Because Congress polled about two per cent more votes than BJP (38 per cent of Congress to 36.2 per cent of BJP) .

Because Congress got 1.4 per cent greater vote share than in 2013 (36.6 per cent in 2013) .

Because BJP's vote share has fallen by a massive 6.8 per cent in 4 years (43 per cent in 2014 to 36.2 per cent in 2018) .

Because you made 50 central ministers, eight state chief ministers and 200 BJP central functionaries campaign, while you were alone.

Because your social media gave BJP it's in taste of medicine.

Because unlike the PM, you give stupid press conferences and not monologues.

Because you stuck to issues of governance than talk history nor peddle lies.

Because you did not fall and take the bait of debating in 'mothers mother tongue'

Because Congress supported JDS while Congress had twice as many seats.

Because you mixed with people, talked to them.

Because Congress under you is more united, young and in sync with the youth than ever.

Because you are a threat to the patriotic party of India that abandoned India during freedom struggle.

Because you can make dreams of NaMo being a PM in 2019 remain a dream.

And so Rahul, You deserve to go!

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