Didn't Campaign Because I Wasn't Asked: Congress' Sheila Dikshit | Read

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Sheila Dikshit, a senior Congress leader who served three consecutive terms as Chief Minister of the capital, was blunt in her advice to her party today. "It's the people's mandate, accept it gracefully," she said, as the Congress placed third for the local elections in Delhi. The BJP had a huge lead. Arvind Kejriwal's incumbent Aam Aadmi Party or AAP was second.

Ms Dikshit, 79, widely acclaimed for efficient governance despite some corruption scandals that emerged on her watch, said that the Congress hurted from the lack of an aggressive campaign. No heavyweight member of the Congress campaigned in the 270 wards or local constituencies that have voted for three municipal corporations. "I did not campaign because I was not invited by the party, I can't do it on my own," she said.

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