How Ahmed Patel Thinks Congress Could Have Won Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP win in his home turf Gujarat was a "moral defeat" for the ruling party that targeted around 150 seats but will make the next government with 99 seats, Ahmed Patel, the 68-year-old top strategist of the Congress told NDTV. He suggested that the Congress, which delivered its best performance in the state's assembly elections since 1990, had done very well in the first of the two-phase elections, but the party's chances were dented due to PM Modi's aggressive campaign in the second phase, particularly what the Congress leader described as a blatant attempt to polarise the elections.
