Bypoll results show that BJP is losing its momentum, says KC Venugopal

Thiruvananthapuram, November 3

The Congress on Wednesday claimed that the results of the by-elections held to various state Assembly and Parliament seats are a “clear indication” that the Centre’s ruling “BJP is losing its momentum especially in Hindi heartland” due to its “anti-people policies”.

AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said the Congress won the by-polls held in all three Assembly constituencies and a Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh where the Assembly polls are expected next year. 

The Congress candidates also captured the sitting seats of the BJP in Rajasthan and Karnataka, he said.

“This is a clear indication that the BJP is losing its momentum, especially in Hindi heartland,” Venugopal told PTI.

He said wherever the Congress and the BJP fought directly, the saffron party “suffered severe blows because of their anti-people policies”.

Venugopal slammed the Modi government over rising prices of fuel and gas and growing rate of unemployment. He also alleged that the government was framing policies only to help the crony capitalists.

He said the by-election result was a verdict against the “anti-people policies” of the Modi government, which has “declared a war on the country’s farmers and ordinary citizens through anti-farmer laws and unjustly inflating the prices of essential commodities”.

“The government is doing nothing for the poor people of this country. The people are really fed up with this government. Every time they cannot win the elections by polarising people on religious lines. The people have started realising it,” the AICC general secretary said. PTI