Protests have been on in the Congress across all ranks after Rahul Gandhi submitted his resignation as party chief. Leaders have since been meeting and pleading with Rahul to take back the resignation that he offered following the dismal show of the party in the Lok Sabha election.The latest in the round of protests was one by a Congress worker in Delhi who tried to hang himself outside the office. Speaking to news agency, he said: "Rahul Gandhi should take back his resignation else I will hang myself."

Several party leaders also sat on an indefinite strike on Tuesday. Hundreds of Congress workers, most of who had resigned from variousparty posts on Friday, gathered at the party headquarters and sat on strike.

AICC Secretaries Mahender Joshi, Naseeb Singh and otherleaders including Delhi Working President Rajesh Lilothia, Shobha Oza, JagdishTytler along with party activists sat on strike demanding Rahul to continue asparty chief.

Speaking to media, Lilothia said: "We have sat on an indefinite strike demanding Rahul ji to continue as party chief." He said that the responsibility of the party's poor show in the election lies not just with the Congress chief but with all party leaders.