Allies' reviews of the Congress's dismal show in the Haryana Assembly election are in - and they do not make for pleasant reading, with the party criticised for managing to defy exit poll predictions to lose.
Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction - to contest the Maharashtra election due this year alongside the Congress and the NCP - has been severe, with an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana flaying its ally for failing to accommodate alliance partners like the AAP or control the "disobedience of local leaders".
The Saamana editorial also lamented its ally's ability to "turn a winning innings into a defeat".