Srinagar: Following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s success in three out of the 5 states through the 2023 meeting elections, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the BJP’s victory in these states shouldn’t be seen as a defeat for the INDIA alliance. He emphasised that the Congress, nonetheless, didn’t reach profitable the elections. “The state elections were not contested as an alliance; rather, various political parties participated independently. Hence, it should not be considered a defeat for the alliance,” he said.
“Elections are like that, you can’t be satiated by wins, accept defeat. Instead of going to the Supreme Court Congress needs to analyze the reasons. My BJP friend told me two months ago that they are winning Chhattisgarh. If BJP knows, why not Congress? He suggested Congress “Forget Supreme Court, think of future elections”
“When BJP loses in state election, they say it’s just a state election and wouldn’t affect them but when they win, they say it’s the success of Modi and the central government and it was semifinal, one can’t say that 5 years ago Congress won in Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan but in parliament, congress lost all 3 places, same pattern can be repeated in parliament election, one can’t say.” Junior Abdullah stated.
When requested about Mamata Banerjee Omar stated, “ I can’t speak on behalf of Mamata Ji whether she had an invite or not but NC has received an invite for tomorrow for dinner at the residence of the Congress president, we will attend”. Junior Abdullah was chatting with reporters in Hazratbal at his grandfather Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah the founding father of the National Conference graveyard on his 118-birth anniversary.
