NCP Chief Sharad Pawar Says Assembly Poll Results Will Have No Impact On I.N.D.I.A Bloc

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said that results of assembly election in four states won't have any impact on the I.N.D.I.A bloc.

As election results in four states turn out to be a big disappointment for the opposition parties, the future of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) seems uncertain as the test is the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Congress has lost two states it was ruling -- Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, and couldn't perform well in Madhya Pradesh. However, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said the outcome of the Assembly polls in these states will not have any impact on the INDIA bloc.

"I don't think this will have any impact on the INDIA alliance. We will be meeting at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi. We will speak to those who know the ground reality. We will be able to comment on it after the meeting only," Pawar said., as quoted by PTI, on the effect the results may have on the grand alliance of over 25 parties.

He said that one must accept that the current trends are in favour of the BJP, adding "Earlier, it was assumed the BRS would retain Telangana. However, after Rahul Gandhi's rally, which received a huge response, we realised there will be change in the state."

Notably, the only state for Congress's happiness is Telangana where BRS's 10-year rule is about to end. The Congress is leading on 64 out of 199 seats in Telangana, while the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, which was ruling the state for the past decade, is ahead on 40 seats.

Congress would be the second party to rule the state apart from BRS , since it was formed in 2014

Pawar's NCP is part of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, which has been formed to take on the ruling BJP in the next year's general elections. Assembly polls were held in Chhattisgarh (7 and 17 November), Mizoram (7 Nov), Madhya Pradesh (17 Nov), Rajasthan (25 Nov) and Telangana (30 Nov).