New Delhi: Admitting defeat in the crucial Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls, the Congress on Saturday said the outcome of the civic polls could have been ‘somewhat better’ if Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and DPCC chief Rambabu Sharma had worked together.
"The results could have been somewhat better if Dikshit and Sharma would have worked in tandem," PTI quoted AICC General Secretary Ashok Gehlot, party in-charge as saying.
The comment came in reply to a question whether the differences in the local unit of the party had affected its performance in the MCD elections.
He made a similar remark when asked whether a more active involvement by Dikshit in the campaigning would have helped. Dikshit had entered the campaigning at the fag-end.
Some months back, Gehlot had reminded the local leadership to realise that they would ‘sink or swim together’.
The Congress leader also attributed the poll debacle to a host of issues, such as the sealing and demolition drives.
"We lost mainly because of the sealing and demolition drives in which we had no role. The atmosphere created over the two issues hit the party's poll prospects hard,” Gehlot added.
Gehlot also said the power and water problems also affected the party, besides price rise. The Dikshit government had come under attack over its management of power and water supply, with residents up in arms over faulty meters and inflated bills.
Gehlot said the party had tried to reach out to the people by regularising over 1,400 colonies and coming out with a new Master Plan for the capital in the changed situation.
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