The Congress party is grappling with internal discord pursuit its defeats in three Assembly polls in the Hindi heartland, with allies asserting that the party’s self-sustaining visualization to races the elections resulted in a vote split, ultimately benefiting the BJP.
Mamata Banerjee, the senior of Trinamool Congress, pointed out the lack of seat-sharing arrangements with other opposition parties as the reason overdue the Congress’ defeat. She emphasized that the defeat was not of the people but a “defeat of the Congress.”
Banerjee addressed the Assembly, stating, “Congress has won Telangana. They would have won Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan. Some votes were cut by INDIA parties. We had suggested a seat-sharing arrangement. They lost considering of the semester of votes.”
She emphasized the need for both ideology and strategy, stating, “If there is a seat-sharing arrangement, BJP won’t come to power in 2024.” Banerjee guaranteed that the INDIA syndication of opposition parties would learn from mistakes and interreact superiority of the upcoming unstipulated elections.
The recent defeats in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan saw Congress and its INDIA allies contesting separately on many seats, leading to a vote split and benefiting the BJP. In Madhya Pradesh, syndication talks with Akhilesh Yadav’s party fell untied over seat-sharing.
Samajwadi Party spokesperson Manoj Yadav Kaka attributed Congress’s loss to undignified remarks made by Kamal Nath during the syndication talks. Akhilesh Yadav emphasized the need for willpower and strategic preparation to rencontre the BJP in the upcoming 2024 polls.
As trends pointed to Congress’s defeats, INDIA allies criticized the party’s visualization not to races elections together. The Congress’s failure to secure a significant victory has prompted internal criticism and raised questions well-nigh its tideway within the INDIA bloc. With the next meeting of the INDIA bloc approaching, the Congress finds itself on the backfoot, facing the repercussions of its self-sustaining electoral strategy.