New Delhi: Even before the national election results are announced, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit has conceded defeat.
"I can speak for myself. There is a lot of anti-incumbency and a win is unlikely. But I don't speak for the party," Mr Dikshit told NDTV on Thursday.
"Our campaign was not up to the mark, there was anti-incumbency and that clearly showed in Delhi. That's why you see so many exit polls are giving these numbers," he added. He is fighting to retain his East Delhi constituency, which has voted him since 2004.
Mr Dikshit, 49, is facing the BJP's Maheish Giri, an Art of Living instructor, and AAP candidate Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
He is the first Congress MP to endorse the findings of exit polls, which have predicted that Narendra Modi's BJP and its allies will win a majority.
NDTV's Exit Poll shows that the Congress is likely to lose all seven seats in Delhi, an exact reversal of its tally in 2009. The BJP is expected to win five, and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) two.
A preview of a possible drubbing for the Congress was seen in the Delhi assembly election in December, which resulted in the exit of Mr Dikshit's mother Sheila Dikshit after 15 long years in power.
Ms Dikshit lost her own constituency, New Delhi, to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, whose party scored a spectacular debut.
AAP bagged 29 of the state's 70 seats, placing second after the BJP and decimating the Congress.
"I can speak for myself. There is a lot of anti-incumbency and a win is unlikely. But I don't speak for the party," Mr Dikshit told NDTV on Thursday.
"Our campaign was not up to the mark, there was anti-incumbency and that clearly showed in Delhi. That's why you see so many exit polls are giving these numbers," he added. He is fighting to retain his East Delhi constituency, which has voted him since 2004.
He is the first Congress MP to endorse the findings of exit polls, which have predicted that Narendra Modi's BJP and its allies will win a majority.
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A preview of a possible drubbing for the Congress was seen in the Delhi assembly election in December, which resulted in the exit of Mr Dikshit's mother Sheila Dikshit after 15 long years in power.
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AAP bagged 29 of the state's 70 seats, placing second after the BJP and decimating the Congress.
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