Congress reviews poll defeats; says Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh results unexpected, disappointing
AICC general secretary in-charge for Chhattisgarh Kumari Selja said they were dejected but not demoralised and would together contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and win.
NEW DELHI: The Congress leadership on Friday held separate meetings to review its performances in the assembly polls in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, and said that its defeat in the two states at the hands of the BJP was unexpected.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had convened the review meeting at the All India Congress Committee headquarters in Delhi where former party chief Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders were also present.
“Today, a meeting to review the election results of Chhattisgarh was held at the Congress headquarters in Delhi. Senior Congress leaders including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi were present in this meeting,” the party said while sharing pictures of the review meeting on the election results of Chhattisgarh.
Later, AICC general secretary in-charge for Chhattisgarh Kumari Selja said they were dejected but not demoralised and would together contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and win. She said the party has not lost its vote share and added it would carry out a detailed analysis of the poll results in the state.
“Today a review meeting related to the election results of Chhattisgarh was held, where everyone expressed their views. We lost the Chhattisgarh elections, but our vote percentage has not reduced. We have gained the trust of the public,” Selja said.
“We are disappointed, but not in despair. In the coming times, we will fight the Lok Sabha elections together,” she adde.
Selja said the final results were unexpected, belying all the surveys, opinion polls and expectations, but the party has retained the confidence and faith of people in the state.
She said the party’s vote share was the same as it was in 2018 and it is no mean achievement to retain the vote share for five years. This, she observed, meant that people had liked the policies of the government. The Congress general secretary maintained that while the results were disappointing, the morale of the party’s rank and file was high.
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