Strategic Missteps Led to Congress's Haryana Setback: AAP's Sanjay Singh

AAP MP Sanjay Singh criticizes the Congress's strategic errors in Haryana's Assembly elections, suggesting alliances with AAP or Samajwadi Party could have mitigated the Jat-non-Jat divide. The BJP, winning 48 out of 90 seats, is set to form its third consecutive government. Congress voices concerns over election discrepancies.

In the wake of Haryana's Assembly elections, AAP MP Sanjay Singh pointed to strategic errors as the cause of Congress's defeat, proposing that alliances with AAP or the Samajwadi Party might have curtailed the 'Jat-non-Jat politics'.

He noted that a collaborative effort, akin to the National Conference-Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, could have changed the political outcome in Haryana. Singh remarked that 17 rebel candidates' victories over Congress candidates highlight the party's internal challenges, asserting AAP's intention to contest alone in Delhi.

As BJP secured 48 seats in the 90-member assembly, poised to form its third consecutive government, its Haryana state president, Mohan Lal Badoli, attributed Congress's failure to Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Despite the setback, Congress sought the Election Commission's intervention over alleged discrepancies with electronic voting machines, emphasizing the need for an investigation.

(With inputs from agencies.)