After the defeat in the Haryana assembly elections, the Congress on Tuesday got some advice from its allies in the ‘INDIA’ alliance to rethink its electoral strategy ahead of the next round of assembly elections in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the “biggest lesson” of the election results is that one should never be overconfident in elections.
What did Kejriwal say?
Kejriwal, while addressing the councillors of ‘AAP’, said, “Look, what are the election results in Haryana. The biggest lesson is that one should not be overconfident in elections.” He said, no election should be taken lightly. Every election and every seat is difficult. In Haryana, the AAP failed to form a pre-poll alliance with the Congress due to differences over seat sharing.
Shiv Sena gave this advice
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said that the results of the Haryana elections will not have any impact on Maharashtra, where elections are likely to be held next month. However, he stressed that the Congress should reconsider its electoral strategy as it performed below expectations in a direct fight against the BJP in Haryana.
CPI General Secretary D. Raja said that the Congress should seriously introspect on the election results of Haryana and take along all the allies of the opposition alliance ‘India’ in the upcoming elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
Congress responded
The Congress is in talks with the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar-led NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) for seat sharing in Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, the Congress on Tuesday reminded its allies in Maharashtra of coalition dharma after the defeat in the Haryana assembly elections and said that it had emerged as the largest party in the state in the Lok Sabha elections.
Ramesh said, “I want to remind that the Congress was in the first place in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha elections. There is a code of conduct in alliances. Whatever is between us, we talk to each other and not through the media.”
He also said, “It is our duty to strengthen the alliance in Maharashtra and we will not say anything about our allies.”