New Delhi:
At his mother's home at 10 Janpath in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi commented on the UP elections that he steered for the Congress with under-whelming results.
Here are the highlights of his speech:
- Want to congratulate Akhilesh, Mulayam Singh ji and Samjwadi Party
- We fought well but did not get the results we wanted
- The responsibility is also mine, since I was there leading the campaign
- I will continue my work as I promised the people of UP
- Organisationallly we are not where we should be in UP, that is where most of our work will be
- I will take this defeat in my stride. It will be a good learning for me
- Congress fundamentals in UP were weak
- I will take this defeat in my stride. It will be a good learning for me
- Congress fundamentals in UP were weak