The Congress party faced significant electoral setbacks in 2025, experiencing defeats in Delhi and Bihar Assembly elections after failing to capitalize on earlier gains. Experts and academics point to leadership issues, strategic and ideological crises, and organizational weaknesses as contributing factors to the party's decline. Despite a stronger performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, where it secured 99 seats and became the opposition, the Congress has struggled to translate this into subsequent state-level successes, leading to internal dissent and calls for accountability.