Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted that he humbly accepted the people’s verdict, in the aftermath of the assembly election drubbing. "Best wishes to those who have won the mandate. My gratitude to all Congress workers and volunteers for their hard work and dedication. We will learn from this and keep working for the interests of the people of India," he tweeted.
Humbly accept the people’s verdict. Best wishes to those who have won the mandate.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 10, 2022
My gratitude to all Congress workers and volunteers for their hard work and dedication.
We will learn from this and keep working for the interests of the people of India.
Notwithstanding Priyanka Gandhi Vadra crisscrossing Uttar Pradesh and a buzz built around the "Ladki hoon, Lad sakti hoon" campaign, the Congress was leading in only a couple of seats out of 403 in the state with many of its senior leaders trailing in their respective constituencies. State Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu was trailing and was at the third position in Tamkuhi Raj constituency in Kushinagar district. Louise Khurshid, the wife of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, was trailing in Farrukhabad assembly seat with a humiliating margin of loss. Aradhana Mishra was among the party candidates leading. She is contesting from Rampur Khas assembly seat in Pratapgarh district. The party is also trailing in Rae Bareli and Amethi, once known to be its strongholds.
In the coastal state of Goa, the ruling BJP, set to score a hat-trick, was ahead with leads in 19 of the 40 seats, while its nearest rival Congress was at 11. The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) was ahead in three seats. The Goa Forward Party (GFP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were leading in one seat each, while independents were ahead in three seats.
In Punjab, the Congress were absolutely decimated with 18 seats as opposed to 92 for AAP, with humiliating losses for key leaders. The strong AAP wave in Punjab saw many bigwigs trailing—including SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Congress' Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from both the seats he contested, Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur, former chief minister Amarinder Singh who left the Congress to join hands with the BJP, and Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu. The trends reflected in the vote share too with the AAP at 42.2 per cent and the Congress at 23.
The picture in Uttarakhand was decisive, as the Congress failed to latch on to massive anti-incumbency. In leads available for all 70 seats, the BJP was ahead in 41 and the Congress in 26, a gulf too far to bridge if the trends hold. Among the prominent candidates trailing in the hill state were Congress veteran Harish Rawat in Lalkuan. Interestingly, BJP's Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was losing in Khatima.
Manipur too followed the same trend. In trends available for 41 of 60 seats, the BJP was ahead in 20 and the Congress in three. The National People's Party had leads in four seats and the Naga People's Front in seven.
