MCD Election Results 2017: Congress should have campaigned aggressively, says Sheila Dikshit

MCD Election Results 2017: Congress' Sheila Dikshit has stated that the congress party did not campaign enough for the civic polls

By: News Desk |
April 26, 2017 11:22 am

Former Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit has asserted that the congress party did not campaign enough adding that they should have campaigned aggressively if they wished to win the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). She further said that she herself did not campaign because nobody asked her to.

“Congress should have campaigned aggressively. I did not campaign because no one asked me to,” Sheila Dikshit said. While speaking about the EVM tampering row, Sheila Dikshit said that the Election Commission and the government should look into it. She also affirmed that whoever loses the election thinks that the EVMs are faulty and vice versa.

EC aur Govt ko duvidha duur karni chahiye par jo haarta hai vo kehta hai EVM kharab hai,jo jeet ta hai vo kehta hai theek hai:Sheila Dikshit pic.twitter.com/qSra64eFq2

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 26, 2017

Aggressive campaign karna chahiye tha, maine campaign nahi kiya kyunki kisi ne mujhe kaha hi nahi: Sheila Dikshit #DelhiMCDElections2017 pic.twitter.com/zNNe5jWosZ

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 26, 2017

Congress has performed comparatively well and have managed to finish second. Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have gone into a denial mode and have blamed the blamed the EVMs for their embarrassing defeat in the civic polls. AAP has finished third in the MCD elections. On the other hand, BJP has swept off the elections and have registered a landslide victory. However, they have stated that they are going to keep the celebrations low key in remembrance of the CRPF jawans who were killed in the deadly attack by Naxals in Sukma area of Chhattisgarh.