Congress Party, which few days back was sulking for allies in post-poll environment and predicting its own lack of numbers to form next government, surprised everyone with election results. Congress party won 201 seats much above its own expectations.
At the end of fifth phase of polling Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had made admission of his party’s impending failure and his desperation to form government with support from his opposition parties, he even went on to name his Andhra Pradesh opponent Mr Naidu as his next possible ally just before Andhra Pradesh went to elections and Rahul Gandhi hadn’t expected that his party will gain even 29 seats ( that it held in 2004) against 33 that Congress Party won in this election.
Confusion was not only about one state, Congress Party was unsure of its own gambit in Uttar Pradesh, it hadn’t imagined its wildest dreams that the party would end up winning 22 seats, Congress had even second thought about its own ally but was quite sure of stupendous performance by party’s opponents be it Mayawati in UP or Jayalalitha in Tamil Nadu.
Congress is now as much surprised at its win in several states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and W Bengal and as it is at the success of Rahul Gandhi’s strategy of going alone in UP. Congress in not basking the glory it hadn’t dreamed for long time.
At the end of fifth phase of polling Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had made admission of his party’s impending failure and his desperation to form government with support from his opposition parties, he even went on to name his Andhra Pradesh opponent Mr Naidu as his next possible ally just before Andhra Pradesh went to elections and Rahul Gandhi hadn’t expected that his party will gain even 29 seats ( that it held in 2004) against 33 that Congress Party won in this election.
Confusion was not only about one state, Congress Party was unsure of its own gambit in Uttar Pradesh, it hadn’t imagined its wildest dreams that the party would end up winning 22 seats, Congress had even second thought about its own ally but was quite sure of stupendous performance by party’s opponents be it Mayawati in UP or Jayalalitha in Tamil Nadu.
Congress is now as much surprised at its win in several states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and W Bengal and as it is at the success of Rahul Gandhi’s strategy of going alone in UP. Congress in not basking the glory it hadn’t dreamed for long time.
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