NEW DELHI: Stung by its defeat in the by-election to the Firozabad Lok Sabha constituency, the Samajwadi Party said it was due to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s influence that the Congress managed to wrest the seat from it.
“I congratulate [Congress general secretary] Rahul Gandhi for the performance of the Congress in Firozabad. He had campaigned for Raj Babbar and it was because of his influence that the Congress managed to wrest the seat from us,” SP general secretary Amar Singh told journalists here.
Earlier, after the Congress decided to field Mr. Babbar, Mr. Amar Singh had bemoaned that while his party did not field any candidate against Mr. Gandhi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress did not show the same courtesy to Mr. Mulayam Singh’s daughter-in-law.
“I congratulate [Congress general secretary] Rahul Gandhi for the performance of the Congress in Firozabad. He had campaigned for Raj Babbar and it was because of his influence that the Congress managed to wrest the seat from us,” SP general secretary Amar Singh told journalists here.
Earlier, after the Congress decided to field Mr. Babbar, Mr. Amar Singh had bemoaned that while his party did not field any candidate against Mr. Gandhi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress did not show the same courtesy to Mr. Mulayam Singh’s daughter-in-law.
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