Congress will analyze, correct its mistakes: Janardhan Dwivedi

Congress General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi on Sunday said there have been several administrative lapses from the party's side, while adding that they will analyze the results and correct their mistakes.

He also termed the assembly poll results as a wake up call to all major political parties to act in a more responsible way.

"Democracy means you try to convince people, and if people don't accept you and if you lose, then you try again. There have been several organizational lapses in the state leadership. In Delhi, we made mistakes even at the time of distributing tickets. We will take stock and correct the mistakes. We don't see it as a semi-final. Issues are different at national level election and assembly elections," he told media here today.

Expressing concern over Congress' defeat in Rajasthan, Dwivedi said that right decisions were not taken at the appropriate time, and added that there was lack of communication between the party workers and government in the last few years.

"I understand that flaws in our system, there have been times when the kind of decision that should have been taken, was not done. There were few party workers who thought we would not win even 50 seats in Rajasthan; and this is not good. Right decisions were not taken at the right time. There might be some administrative lapses from our side; we will work on that," he said.

Reacting to Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) splendid political debut, he said that this is a positive development and definitely not a threat to democracy.

"AAP's victory is based on the anguish and anger against the failure of big parties. I don't consider this a threat to democracy. This is a positive development. They have picked up the chord of this emotion of people," he said.

"They have got support for what they have voiced. It is the right quality of democracy; I don't see them as a threat. Only time will tell how well they are capable of keeping their words into action," he added.

Latest trends in Delhi shows that newcomer AAP is leading in 26 seats, while the BJP is ahead in 32 seats and the Congress in 9 seats. In Rajasthan, the BJP is ahead in 159 seats, while Congress is leading in 25 seats. In Madhya Pradesh, BJP is ahead in 159 seats, while the Congress leading in 63 seats. In Chhattisgarh, BJP is ahead in 45 seats while the Congress is leading in 43 seats. The results in these four states have begun to trickle in.

The counting of votes in four states began here this morning amidst tight security and elaborate arrangements made by the Election Commission.

The votes will decide the fate of contesting candidates in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh where assembly elections were held between November 11 and December 4.

Three time Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has forwarded her resignation to the Lt. Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung, finally accepting that her Congress Party has lost the assembly polls in the national capital.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues to be in the lead in the polls and is more or less certain of returning to power in Delhi after 15 years.

However, the BJP may have to share the responsibility of governance of the Delhi with the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).