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Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi May 10Elections to the post of Congress president were deferred temporarily in the wake of Covid pandemic with the party's working committee on Monday unanimously deciding in favour of postponing the internal organisational poll. The CWC resolution said: “In view of the nationwide emergent conditions prevailing on account of unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic the CWC was unanimous that all our energies should be channelised towards saving every life and helping every Covid-affected person. Panel to analyse poll results I intend to set up a small group to look at every aspect that caused poll reverses and report back very quickly. —Sonia Gandhi Congress chiefFormer PM Manmohan Singh and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi were absent from the meeting. Digvijay Singh questioned Congress alliance with Muslim outfits in Bengal Kerala and Assam saying elections should “not have been polarised.”.