After a humiliating defeat in four
state elections on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi, who led the Congress party's campaign,
told reporters,
"The
people have sent us a clear message. We have heard it...
not
just in our minds but in our hearts."
The BJP stacked up super-wins in
Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh and finished on top in Delhi. In Chhattisgarh, the
party surged ahead of the Congress in the final stages of counting, marking a
hat-trick for chief minister #RamanSingh.
"The
Aam Aadmi Party involved a lot of non-traditional people and we will learn from
that...and will better it in a way you cannot imagine," Mr Gandhi said.
The shock of Sunday's colossal losses
- the Congress was emphatically evicted from power in Rajasthan and Delhi -
comes only months before the country votes for its next government.
Mr Gandhi, who is 43, has not been
declared the Congress party's candidate for prime minister, but he was its star
campaigner.
His mother, #SoniaGandhi, who is party president, refuted suggestions that by
refusing to reveal its choice for PM, the Congress risks being perceived as
leaderless by voters.
"People
need not worry. At the opportune time, the name of our
PM
candidate will be announced,"
She said, after congratulating her
party's opponents for their performance.
Congress leaders who appeared in TV
studios on Sunday were heavy-handed in their attempt to shield Mr. Gandhi from
being held responsible for the party's debacle. They also insisted that the
state elections are not an augury of the national polls.
The BJP, which has selected #NarendraModi as its choice for prime
minister, had earlier said that the state elections could not be seen as a
referendum of his popularity. But leaders like #ShivrajSinghChouhan and #VasundharaRajeScindia,
who won Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, credited him as "a huge factor"
in their victory.
Courtesy : NDTV
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