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'Humbly Accept The Mandate': Rahul Gandhi After Congress Goes Wipeout Hat-Trick

The Congress on Saturday faced a third consecutive season of electoral droughts in Delhi, failing to open its account in the 70-member Assembly and suffering crushing defeats in key constituencies.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday conceded the party's defeat in Delhi after the grand-old party failed to get even a single seat in the third consecutive assembly elections.

The Congress leader, while thanking party workers and voters, said the fight against pollution, inflation and corruption will continue.

"We humbly accept the mandate of Delhi. Heartfelt thanks to all the Congress workers of the state for their dedication and all the voters for their support. This fight for the progress of Delhi and the rights of Delhiites – against pollution, inflation and corruption – will continue," Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X.

The Congress on Saturday faced a third consecutive season of electoral droughts in Delhi, failing to open its account in the 70-member Assembly and suffering crushing defeats in key constituencies.

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The grand old party failed to win a seat and scored zero for the third time in a row. It had failed to win a single seat in the 2020 and 2015 Delhi Assembly polls as well. The party also did not win any seat in Delhi in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, which it had fought in alliance with AAP.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the party succeeded in creating an atmosphere against the AAP government in Delhi but the public did not give it the mandate to rule the city.

Accepting the public opinion, Kharge said the Congress will continue to raise the issues of pollution, Yamuna cleaning, electricity, roads, water and development in Delhi, and remain connected with the public.

"In the Delhi Assembly polls, the Congress created an atmosphere against the government in the public interest, but the public did not give us the mandate as we had expected. We accept the public opinion," he said in a post in Hindi on X.

"Every Congress leader and worker worked unitedly under adverse circumstances, but more hard work and struggle is still required," he added.

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