Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal
State Congress president Arun Yadav has said Congress has returned a morale-boosting performance in Gujarat under Rahul Gandhi. If you look at BJP’s 2014 Lok Sabha results, they had won in 165 Assembly segments. And we have nearly doubled our seats from August 2017 when we had 43 MLAs, said Yadav.
The state party chief said the party’s improved electoral performance in Gujarat was the result of their new chief Rahul Gandhi’s effective leadership and the beginning of his political story. BJP’s moral defeat: Ajay Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh said the Gujarat results are a moral defeat for the BJP. Hed said Gujarat is a BJP bastion and Gandhi performed brilliantly.
Every election has its own message. Gujarat has been the BJP’s bastion. It is the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress’ tally has gone up there, while the BJP’s numbers have fallen. The credit for the same goes to Rahul Gandhi. The Congress leader said Congress has done brilliantly. Our strength has increased. T
he prime minister took personal swipes at opposition leaders during the poll campaign but his tactics failed. The jump in the Congress tally is due to Gandhi’s effective campaign in the state, Singh added.