Dehradun, New Delhi March 15 : Uttarakhand Congress President Ganesh Godiyal on Tuesday resigned from his post after facing a crushing defeat for the second time in a row in Uttarakhand Assembly elections. Earlier in the day, Congress President Sonia Gandhi had asked the presidents of all five states, where the party lost the Assembly elections, to resign. After this, Uttarakhand President Ganesh Godiyal, who was present in New Delhi, tendered his resignation. In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, he said “Despite your cooperation and all the efforts of the state leadership, the party had to face defeat. “So, as the state president, I am resigning from , taking moral responsibility for the defeat. Kindly accept my resignation,” he added. XC RJ