Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy, on Sunday, February 8 claimed that the Congress lost the Delhi Assembly elections due to a fragmented approach of the INDIA bloc alliance.
Reddy pointed out that this approach only benefits the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He observed that earlier too, the Congress lost the Haryana elections because Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal disturbed its prospects.
Similarly, he said that the Congress “did something”, leading to AAP’s defeat in Delhi; and ultimately in BJP’s victory.
The Telangana CM said, “There was a polarization between the regional party (AAP) and national party (Congress). People were voting only for ruling and opposition parties and not giving space to other parties.”
He claimed that polarisation led to the voters favouring the saffron party in Delhi adding that a similar situation in Telangana led to the Congress’s victory while the BJP secured just 13 percent votes.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Kerala literary fest, Reddy attributed the Congress’s success in Telangana to the party seeking votes in the name of former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who ‘delivered’ the state.
He further said that votes for Assembly elections should be sorted in the name of central leadership which could benefit the party. Reddy cited examples of the BJP projecting Narendra Modi even for the local body elections.
Addressing a query on the One Nation- One Election policy of the BJP, Reddy said that it is a ploy of the saffron party to control the states. He said the delimitation has been undertaken by the BJP to reduce the number of Parliamentary seats in the BJP.
“Bimaru states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were enough to form the government at the centre and they don’t have to depend on southern States. It is going to damage democracy,” Reddy concluded.
KTR ‘congratulates’ Rahul Gandhi on BJP’s win in Delhi Assembly elections.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Saturday, February 8 circasticaly congratulated Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, for the BJP’s win the Delhi Assembly elections.
The former Telangana minister shared an old video of himself referring to Rahul Gandhi as “the biggest asset of Modi.” KTR stresses the importance of regional parties to defeat the BJP. “The only forces which are holding Modiji and BJP in the country today are regional parties and strong regional leaders like KCR, Stalin, Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee. Where did Rahul Gandhi find the spine to face Modiji?” KTR said.
AAP chief and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal lost to BJP’s Prawesh Varma in New Delhi constituency by a margin of 1200 votes. Likewise, Delhi former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain lost to BJP’s BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah from Jangpura and Karnail Singh from Shakur Basti respectively.
In a saving grace, Delhi incumbent chief minister Atishi Singh won from the Kalkaji constituency defeating BJP’s Ramesh Bhidhuri.
