Thursday appeared as an extended Diwali celebration for the Congress leaders, who burst firecrackers and distributed sweets to rejoice in the victory of the party in the Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh and, to some extent, in Haryana.
State party president Siddharth Patel and senior leader Shaktisinh Gohil, in a statement, said the victory indicated the growing confidence of the electorates in the UPA government's policies and leadership of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"The results of the elections in the three states will have far reaching effect on the politics of the country," they said.
Former Union textile minister Shankersinh Vaghela said the results "are proof of the fact that younger electorates are getting attracted towards the Congress", while state party chief spokesperson Arjun Modhwadia opined the results will also have impact on Gujarat politics.
He said the results have proved that the voters would go with the party that takes care of their interests. "The Congress had been in power in Arunachal for 15 years, and for 10 years each in Maharashtra and Haryana, yet people voted for the Congress and its allies again," he added.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) office was opened specially to celebrate the victory in Maharashtra.
Party leaders, including its state unit president Jayant Patel, were seen bursting crackers at the party head office on the Ashram Road.
BJP office wears deserted lookIn contrast, the day looked as an extended Diwali vacation at the BJP office, which wore a deserted look soon after news channels started flashing the poll results. This gelled well with closed shops around the office in the Khanpur area in the evening. Even no lights were on in the rooms.
While no spokesman was seen around, a media relations person said the result was below expectations. He blamed the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MSN) throwing a spanner in the BJP-Shiv Sena works.
"MNS is a Congress creation and it played a big role in its gaining an upper hand in the elections," he said.
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