Election verdict moral defeat of BJP: Congress
New Delhi, Oct. 24: The poll verdict in Haryana and Maharashtra is a moral defeat of the BJP and what it stands for, the Congress said on Thursday, hoping that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now focus on the problems confronting the country and its people.
Senior Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said BJP president Amit Shah’s claim of victory in Haryana does not hold as the party is short of a majority.
There has also been a significant drop in the BJP’s vote percentage in just four months after its Lok Sabha election victory in the state, he said.
Claiming that the verdict of Haryana is against the BJP, Mr Sharma said all parties opposing the BJP must come together as has been appealed by former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
“We accept the verdict of the people with humility. This verdict is a moral defeat for the BJP and what they stand for,” he told reporters at a press conference.
Prime Minister Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and its entire leadership are away from the ground realities and their campaigns did not talk about people’s issues, Mr Sharma said.
Even after “misuse” of official machinery and state resources in massive campaigns in the two states, the BJP’s vote share fell significantly, he claimed.
There is a need to create a massive awareness programme that will come out in the form of a ‘jan andolan’. “They cannot terrorise the Indian voters anymore”, Mr Sharma said.
The Congress party hopes that “Mr Modi will now look into the problems confronting the country.”