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Real
winner in Gujarat is Congress: Chidambaram
Thursday December 20, 2012 04:02:43 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The BJP may form a government in Gujarat but "the real winner" in
the state is the Congress, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said
Thursday.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed towards victory in the
182-member Gujarat assembly, Chidambaram underlined that the BJP's
appeal had shrunk in the state.
"It is true that the BJP has won in the sense that it will form
the government," he told the media here.
"But the real winner is the Congress, which (is set to win) more
seats than in 2007. It is the Congress message that has attracted
more voters."
In contrast, he said, the number of seats which would be won by
the BJP with votes still being counted would be around 117 -- the
same number it got five years ago.
"It is the BJP base that has shrunk, even if it has shrunk only a
little," he said.
Chidambaram said the BJP win was expected as the Modi government
had strangulated bureaucracy.
"The important point is the kind of sweeping victory the BJP was
expecting is not there and it has been contained below the number
they had last time," Chidambaram said.
He said that Congress has made an impression on the minds of
people in Gujarat.
"The exaggerated claims by the BJP have been proven wrong. Large
sections of people of Gujarat feel left behind."
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