Terming the defeat on all seven seats “very disappointing”, Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit on Thursday conceded her party’s defeat in Lok Sabha polls in the national Capital and congratulated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its splendid performance.
BJP candidates won on all the seven seats in Delhi by margins ranging from 1-5 lakh votes.
“It is very disappointing, we should have won,” she told PTI. Dikshit, who lost by 3.66 lakh votes against her rival and Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari in North East Delhi constituency, expressed satisfaction that the Congress pushed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the third place on most seats.
She said Delhi Congress leaders will meet in coming days and discuss steps needed in view of the party’s dismal performance in the election.
Congress, which trailed behind AAP in Delhi in elections since 2014, took consolation in the fact that its candidates on five seats managed to force the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to the third place in this poll.
“That is a very good thing, we welcome it,” she said. Congress candidates on five seats - North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, West Delhi and Chandni Chowk - were trailing behind BJP. However, AAP candidates on South Delhi and West Delhi were the nearest rivals of BJP candidates.
