Delay in share seat decision hurt Mahagathbandhan in Bihar: Congress leader Tariq Anwar


Delay in sharing seat decision hurt Mahagathbandhan in Bihar: Congress

Congressional leader Tariq Anwar said the party must complete the alliance formalities well in advance. (Archive)

New Delhi:

The delay in finalizing the allocation of seats for the Bihar elections negatively affected Mahagathbandhan’s survey performance, Congressional Senior Leader Tariq Anwar said today, stating that Congress must learn from him and complete the alliance formalities well in advance of the next assembly elections.

Mr Anwar, party secretary general and veteran leader of Bihar, acknowledged that there were shortcomings whereby the Congress performed worse than others “Mahagathbandhan“constituents and stated that the high command was serious about introspection and thorough analysis of the results.

Anwar said the results of the Bihar poll were “definitely below” congressional expectations and that it was a setback to get only 19 of the 70 seats he was contesting.

“There was an atmosphere of change with enthusiasm among ordinary people, but we could not exploit that. We had the expectation that with Congress fighting for 70 seats, it would win at least 50 percent of the seats,” said the former minister. of the Union.

“Our government was not formed and we (Congress) also have a responsibility in that. Looking ahead, our efforts will be aimed at strengthening Congress and the Mahagathbandhan and we will make a strategy for it, “he said.

His comments are important as several poll analysts have claimed that Congress dragged the Mahagathbandhan below the majority mark, with the NDA under Nitish Kumar’s leadership emerging victorious in the polls by a slim margin.

Anwar, who was a member of the party’s electoral management committee, said there should be introspection and “we have also demanded that it happen.”

He said the high command was ready for introspection and emphasized that the top leadership had provided all possible support during the elections and that former party chief Rahul Gandhi also held many public meetings in the state.

“But there have been deficiencies on our part, otherwise we should have won 35-40 seats. So if there were deficiencies in the organization or the campaign, all of that will be discussed and analyzed and it will be determined why the performance of Congress does not was on par with others Mahagathbandhan partners, “he said.

Mr Anwar said the reasons below cannot be determined immediately, but the important thing was to identify the mistakes made and ensure that they are not repeated in Assembly elections in four states and one Union territory. in the next few months.

“We want discussions to take place with those involved in this election, our candidates and the congressional district committees in Bihar and only then can we come to a conclusion,” said the 69-year-old leader, who won the Lok Sabha polls several times since. Bihar. Katihar said.

The high command is definitely concerned about the results in Bihar, he said.

Asked if it takes time to reaffirm the Mahagathbandhan “Yes, I remember that Rahul ji had said in July that we should finish the alliance-building process and other formalities,” Anwar said.

“Whatever the reason, that did not happen and he is right that there was a long delay in finalizing the alliance and it was sealed when the elections were very close,” he said.

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If the formalities had been completed earlier, then maybe the Mahagathbandhan would have obtained the advantage in the electoral campaign, Anwar said.

The contradictions of the Alliance need some time to be resolved and we did not have that time, he said.

On rumors in Congress about ticket distribution, Anwar said the party is assessing what the shortcomings were.

The high command is ready for introspection, but there are Diwali and Chhat festivals, after which high-level party observers can be sent to the state for a thorough analysis.

He said Congress must quickly learn from its mistakes, as elections will be held in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry next year, for which the party should be ready for battle.

“We must be ready in advance and I agree that if we are to seek alliances, the formalities of those alliances must be completed as soon as possible,” he said.

Anwar rejected the claim that Congress had won more seats than its capacity to fight and said the party had the strength to contest 70 seats.

All over India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) denting the MahagathbandhanAnwar said that if any political party wants to challenge “we cannot stop them”, but there is a “common understanding” that AIMIM’s role is to somehow help the BJP.

“If we had moved to protect our position in Seemanchal and carried out our party activities early, then AIMIM would not have been successful there. With the arrival of AIMIM, certainly the secular parties have been hit and if we look at it, they have won five seats but would have damaged the Mahagathbandhan in 15 seats, “Anwar said.

When asked if the lack of clarity about the party’s presidency was hurting Congress, Anwar said that the party’s electoral panel under Madhusudan Mistry has already started the process to secure a full-time president.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, an AICC session could not be convened, but once the situation stabilizes the process will be completed next year, he said.

Directed by Tejashwi Yadav of RJD Mahagathbandhan it won 110 seats, 12 less than the magic number of 122 in the 243-member Bihar Assembly. The NDA won 125 seats.

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