Implication of the Assembly poll outcomes in five States including Central India’s Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh was quite evident in Jharkhand as well, when parties in the Opposition camp did not hide their emotions and expressed their happiness openly.
Soon after the results came and it became pretty sure it is going to be 0-3 for the BJP, Congress workers carrying drums, banners and colours started celebrating first at party office and later gathered at Albert Ekka Chock. They also distributed sweets and congratulated each other for the party’s performance.
Most emphatic reaction came from arch rival of the BJP at national level Congress. “The outcomes are the vindication of Rahul Gandhi’s leadership coming from the masses.
These polls were semifinal before 2019 Lok Sabha elections and with this now it is sure that only Congress is going to form a full majority Government after the next general elections,” said Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajoy Kumar on Tuesday.
Terming the wins of the Hindi heartland as a victory of the electorates the Congress used the occasion also to rap the BJP alleging it for continuing with anti-poor, anti-dalit and anti-people policies.
“The people of these States have given befitting reply to the anti-people decisions happened during the BJP regimes. Now the BJP has been exposed and people have understood its bluffs. There is lots of anger against the policies of the BJP among the people and to the cheating done to the promises made to them. This is going be vented out in the days to come,” added the PCC chief. Congress women wing president Gunjan Singh also echoed the sentiments of the party workers terming it a time to go for the BJP.
Similar reaction came from the leading Opposition party JMM. “This is the indication that people have understood falsehood of the BJP and are not ready to give them more time to continue with their propaganda any longer. Days of the BJP are numbered both at Delhi and here in Ranchi,” said JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya.
On the other hand the BJP reacted calmly to the results and stressed over its confidence to the democratic principles and institutions. “People’s mandate is the most importance thing in a democracy. BJP believes fully in democratic values. We are not the party who puts question mark after losing polls. People have faith in our programmes and policies and above all over the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP would win all the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand in 2019,” said State BJP president Laxman Gilua.
State BJP spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo said that party will analyse the results very soon and see where it had to suffer due to a slight mistake.
He said that in this election the entire Northeast and Telangana have become Congress free. Shahdeo said that raising questions on EVMs by Congress President of Telangana shows the culmination of opportunistic politics. He said that CM Raghubar Das has clearly said that the BJP workers are not excited by victory and are not enthused by the defeat.
Shahdeo said that the elections of Assembly and Lok Sabha are different elections and the Congress should not be too excited because of this.