Congress returned to power in Himachal Pradesh after five years in the results announced on Thursday. The Congress won 40 seats in the 68-member assembly riding on anti-incumbency.
The BJP has won 156 seats of 182 assembly seats in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, smashing all previous records of electoral performance. The Congress won 40 seats in the 68-member assembly riding on anti-incumbency.
As the trends for the assembly election results in Gujarat show a massive lead for the BJP, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that there is pro-incumbency in the state.
"We are advocating a change. Chief Ministers were changed so that they could feel anti-incumbency. There is a neck-to-neck fight here (Ankleshwar) yet I am confident that Congress will win," said Mumtaz Patel daughter of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel
The ruling BJP is exuding confidence in retaining the 27-year-long rule in the state, while the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party are looking to cash in the 'anti-incumbency' and issues like inflation and unemployment to get to power.
While the BJP is looking to retain its 27-year-long rule in the state, the Congress is hoping to ride the 'anti-incumbency' to come to power. The Aam Aadmi Party, which could not open its account in the 2017 Assembly elections, is looking to make in-roads to yet another state after Gujara
The senior Congress leader further claimed that there is 'massive anti-incumbency' in Gujarat as he urged people to turn out in numbers to vote the Congress to power.
Claiming a strong anti-incumbency against the BJP in the state, Vikramaditya Singh claimed that the outgoing government led by Chief Minister Jairam Thakur did not work 'on the ground'.
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