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NEW DELHI: Former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s declare all the way through the ‘Chintan Shivir’ meet in Udaipur that it’s the best selection to the BJP/RSS has come beneath fireplace because the birthday party’s electoral efficiency displays it has misplaced 19 state meeting polls since 2018, many to regional avid gamers which are taking up the gap as soon as occupied via it.
The knowledge displays that of the 8 states that went to the polls in 2018, the Congress received 3 key states – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. It used to be one of the crucial very best performances because the 2014 Lok Sabha debacle and the credit score used to be given to management of Rahul Gandhi, who took over as birthday party leader in 2017.
Alternatively, since then, the birthday party has now not received any meeting elections whilst it shaped governments as a junior spouse in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu. In all, the grand previous birthday party misplaced 19 state meeting elections between 2019 and March 2022.
Rahul’s feedback additionally invited grievance from a number of regional avid gamers who mentioned that the Congress chief must first assess his personal birthday party’s situation.
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The JMM, which is an best friend of the Congress within the coalition govt in Jharkhand, referred to as it Rahul’s self-assessment. “He’s entitled to his opinion, however who gave him the authority to touch upon ideology? How are we working the birthday party with none ideology?” the birthday party mentioned.
The Congress has suffered giant losses to regional avid gamers just like the Aam Aadmi Birthday party (AAP), Trinamool Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), who’re within the technique of occupying area at its expense. The newest instance is Punjab, the place the AAP recorded a sweeping victory after the Congress management within the state used to be engaged in infighting. The AAP is having a look to increase its footprint in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the place elections are due later this 12 months.
Calling it unlucky, the RJD, the birthday party’s best friend in Bihar, used to be of the opinion that had the previous Congress president been aware of the result of ballot fights towards the BJP, he would have realised “the ideological and electoral dedication this is introduced via such regional outfits, which he mentioned should not have the capability”.
The birthday party additionally noticed a humiliating defeat within the Kerala meeting elections closing 12 months, with the Left events coming again for a document 2nd time period within the state. On the contemporary CPI (M) birthday party Congress, birthday party normal secretary Sitaram Yechury spoke a couple of weakened Congress and the way the birthday party isn’t observed as an electoral danger via the BJP/RSS.