Ahmedabad (PTI): The Gujarat Congress on Monday rejoiced in the party’s electoral victory in Rajasthan, Delhi, and Mizoram Assemblies, describing the outcome as “victory for the forces who are fighting terrorism and communalism.”
There has been no formal reaction from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on the electoral outcomes of five states so far.
Talking to the reporters, Congress spokesperson Arjun Modhvadia said that the Congress has won assembly polls in three states while it has substantially improved its tally in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
“The people have given their verdict in favor of the Congress, which has been fighting terrorism without politicizing it,” he said, alleging, “The BJP had fought these assembly polls on the issue of terrorism, and it has lost, which means people have rejected its claims on the issue.”
“The BJP is used to playing politics on the dead bodies. They did it in 2002 in Gujarat and tried to do it this time also in other states, but they have failed,” he said.
He also criticized Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for “playing politics on the issue of terrorism”.
He said that Modi had campaigned in Rajasthan and Delhi extensively and had delivered poisonous speeches, and despite that the BJP has lost.
State BJP President Purushottam Rupala described the results in Rajasthan and Delhi as a “setback” for the party.
Source: THE HINDU