NEW DELHI:
Congress president
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hailed the results of the Rajasthan by-polls as a "rejection of the
BJP" by the people of the state.
He also congratulated his party's Rajasthan state unit.
The Congress won the Mandalgarh assembly seat, and has maintained a significant lead in Alwar and Ajmer parliamentary seats, which the BJP had won in 2014.
Congress candidate Vivek Dhakad won the Mandalgarh assembly seat, defeating BJP's Shakti Singh Hada by 12,976 votes, reported PTI.
In Alwar, Congress candidate Karan Singh Yadav led his nearest rival, BJP's Jaswant Yadav, by 39,826 votes after 15 rounds of counting.
In Ajmer, Congress' Raghu Sharma was ahead of his BJP rival Ram Swaroop Lamba by over 23,000 votes.
(With inputs from PTI)
