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| Mumbai attack hit polls in MP | | | Digvijay Singh
I feel sad that the Congress could not form a government in my home state despite our strong chances this time. When I ponder over the reasons behind the poll outcome, I think we were not able to transfer the public anger against the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government into votes.
Though this is the primary factor which comes to my mind, the party will sit down and analyse the other reasons why it could not get the desired result. Actually, the people of the state have not appreciated the development work done by the government, which the BJP claims. At this point, there is no need to blame each other. I think we are all responsible for not being able to turn the strong anti-incumbency wave in the state in our favour.
Though we did our best to reach out to the people, there may be some gaps in the party’s poll management. Another reason could be that whenever the Congress organises itself well, we fare better in the polls. Otherwise, it is the reverse.
It now appears that our campaign could not match that of the BJP. But people should continue to work together and expose the saffron party. The BJP could win because it was able to politicise terror for electoral gains as the Mumbai attack did affect the polls in MP.
As for the BSP factor, I don’t think it has made any dent in our prospects, as was being predicted. In fact, the BSP tally in the state has come down. Though it has been suggested in some quarters, I want to clarify that I do not wish to go back to state politics as I had decided in 2003, when I could not form a government, that I will not participate in MP politics for the next decade. Instead, new people should get a chance and I am sure there are many deserving ones. |
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