‘Results not a vindication of Modi’s policies but a referendum on Kejriwal’

NEW DELHI, Feb 8: Results of the Delhi Assembly elections are not a vindication of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies but a referendum on Arvind Kejriwal and AAP, the Congress said on Saturday as it vowed to bounce back from another whitewash.
The Congress also asserted that it would form a government in the national capital in 2030.
The BJP has returned to power in Delhi after more than 26 years, sweeping away the AAP from the national capital in another big win to extend its saffron footprint in the country. The Congress has drawn a blank in the polls once again after 2015 and 2020.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the assembly election results reflected nothing more than a referendum on Kejriwal and AAP.
“After all, at the height of the prime minister’s popularity in 2015 and 2020, AAP had won decisively in Delhi. This shows that, rather than being vindication of the policies of the prime minister, this vote is a rejection of Arvind Kejriwal’s politics of deceit, deception, and vastly exaggerated claims of achievement,” he said in a post on X.The Congress took the lead in highlighting the various scams that occurred under Kejriwal and the voters pronounced their judgement on his 12 years of “misrule”, he added. Congress media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said the meltdown of a section of so called liberals is completely bizarre. (PTI)