Buoyed by the electoral gains of the party, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday termed the Congress's win in three Hindi heartland States ruled by the BJP as a victory against the ruling party's negative politics.
“I am happy with 3-0 score line... It is a victory against BJP's negative politics,” Sonia said talking to reporters outside Parliament after results to five state elections were declared.
This was her first reaction over the poll success and in overall also the first reaction to election results after she handed over the party reins to her son Rahul Gandhi last year. She had served as the longest serving chief of the grand old party for almost two decades and during the tenure she anchored two successive Congress UPA governments.
The Congress was edged out of Mizoram and didn't make an impact in Telangana despite a grand alliance with Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and other parties. But in the three politically-crucial BJP states, the Congress is set to form a government.
The Congress was a clear winner in Chhattisgarh state, and fell one seat short of a majority in Rajasthan and two in Madhya Pradesh. Both Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh had been ruled by the BJP for 15 years.