New Delhi, Dec 08: Describing the results of the Assembly elections as an "upswing" for itself, the Congress on Monday termed them a major victory.
"The result puts the Congress on the upswing for the Lok Sabha elections. It is a moral victory for the party. The chemistry is going for us...," party media department chief M Veerappa Moily told reporters here.
Asked whether the "good" results would expedite early Lok Sabha elections, Moily said the priority is first to fight against terrorism, communalism and insulate the economy from recession and meltdown.
"The priority is nation first and not election," said Moily, without specifying whether the party would go in for early polls in February or on schedule in April.
Reflecting on the victory of the party in Delhi, the Congress leader said, "winning Delhi is like winning India". He said Delhi was like mini-India where people from all regions live.
"The victory would not have been possible here (Delhi) if the people were angry at the Congress government and the policies of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi," he said.
Moily said the performance of both Manmohan Singh and Sheila Dikshit was appreciated in Delhi, leading to the third straight win for the party.
Moily said the bogey of being "soft" on terror and inflation was raised by the BJP, but the people of the national Capital have rejected it.
On the losses in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the Congress leader said an "introspection" needs to be done but added that despite BJP trying all tricks, it lost Rajasthan.
"This is the beginning of the decline of the BJP. We will march with all confidence towards the Lok Sabha elections," he added.
Bureau Report
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