National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on December 5 said he attributed the recent electoral losses in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh to the shortcomings of the Congress party rather than a failure of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc.
Speaking on the sidelines of the 118th birth anniversary of the party founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah in Srinagar, Mr. Abdullah minced no words to criticise the Congress for failing to take alliance partners along in these polls.
“The INDIA alliance itself did not face defeat in these elections. We saw Samajwadi Party (SP), the Aam Aadmi Party etc. contesting in these polls. BJP’s success in three states should be attributed more to the shortcomings of the Congress party rather than a failure of the INDIA alliance,” Mr. Abdullah said. “The State elections were not fought by the alliance so “it’s to some extent the failure of the Congress party at individual level,” he added.
