Raj win busted myth of BJP as election-winning machine: Pilot

NEW DELHI: The recent Congress victory in key bypolls in Rajasthan has busted the “myth” of the BJP being an election-winning machine and sent out a message that its “jumlebaazi” (rhetoric) will not work, party State unit chief Sachin Pilot said today.

Pilot, who campaigned intensely and worked at the grass- roots level for the two Lok Sabha constituencies and one Assembly seat, said the outcome would also have a bearing on the upcoming polls in other states, including Karnataka.

He said the results had come at a time when the BJP was on the “back foot”.

“The fact that they were forced to make a so-called pro- farmer budget shows that the agrarian distress all over India is having its impact and the BJP will have to pay a heavy price for it,” Pilot said in an interview here.

The Congress put up a strong performance in Rajasthan where its candidates wrested the Alwar and Ajmer Lok Sabha and Mandalgarh Assembly seats from the BJP by impressive margins last week.

Pilot, who is largely seen as the Congress’s chief ministerial face in Rajasthan, said the elections were “very crucial” as they came just seven or eight months before Assembly polls in the State.(AGENCIES)

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