New Delhi: Congress on Monday downplayed the
results of Gujarat Assembly by-polls in which the BJP wrested
five of the seven seats but claimed that the past was catching
up with state Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who will be "out
soon".
"A set of by-elections is not indicative of any trend or
direction. One set of by-election result should not be treated
as indicative of future election trends," party spokesman
Abhishek Singhvi told reporters when asked to comment on the
results.
Though admitting that Congress has "not got so good
results" in the by-elections there, Singhvi said that both BJP
and Modi will be out of Gujarat soon as events that took place
in past there are coming full circle now.
The Congress leader also said that areawise analysis of
the results will be done and lessons will be learnt from the
defeats.
Out of the seven Assembly seats which went to by-polls on
September 10, six were held by the Congress while one was with
BJP.
To a query about reported comment of a BJP leader that
Congress lost out in Gujarat because it sided with terrorists,
Singhvi shot back, "Then what will he say about the Municipal
elections in Gujarat in which BJP performed poorly. Will he
say his party sided with terrorists then?"
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, September 14, 2009, 20:25