Congress Disillusioned With Efficiency In Bihar Polls: P Chidambaram

New Delhi:

The Congress mentioned on Thursday it used to be disillusioned with its efficiency in Bihar Meeting elections and the party’s running committee would quickly evaluation it.

The Congress controlled to win most effective 19 of the 70 seats it had contested, down from its earlier tally of 27 seats out of 41 it had fought within the 2015 meeting elections within the state.

The folk of Bihar got here “lovely shut” to modify the federal government, the Congress” senior spokesperson P Chidambaram informed newshounds.

Requested in regards to the party’s efficiency within the Meeting polls, he mentioned, “We settle for the decision. We’re disillusioned with our efficiency in Bihar. The Congress Operating Committee (CWC) will evaluation it in the end and get a hold of an legitimate remark of our place.”

The previous finance minister mentioned one must take into account that Bihar used to be the poorest state of India, although Narendra Modi has been the top minister since 2014 and Nitish Kumar the executive minister of the state since 2005.

“Within the poorest state of India, as I agree within the choice research, voted for no exchange within the executive. Smartly, they got here lovely with regards to exchange the federal government. I feel, 10 seats both this fashion or that might have modified the federal government,” he mentioned.

The vote distinction between the NDA and the ”Mahagathbandhan” used to be most effective 0.three in step with cent, Mr Chidambaram mentioned.

Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned the mandate in Bihar used to be now not in favour of the executive minister.

The variation in vote casting share used to be very low and the Congress must have accomplished higher, he mentioned, including the efficiency can be analysed and reviewed within the CWC assembly.

“However to mention that the end result has negated the problems raised by means of the Mahagathbandhan or that the ones didn’t have a resonance in Bihar, I don”t conform to that. The problems raised by means of us are there and they’d stay,” Ramesh mentioned.