New Delhi: BJP leader LK Advani on Tuesday compared the defeat of Congress in the Assembly polls in four states to its "disastrous" loss in the post-Emergency elections and maintained that the ruling party may be reduced to double digits in the next Lok Sabha.
In his latest blog posting, Advani said, "I hold that the recent round of Assembly elections has been for the Congress Party the second disastrous defeat since the Emergency days, despite all attempts to buy over the voters."
Congress was defeated in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi in the recent Assembly polls.
"In Rajasthan particularly, numerous election-eve decisions were taken to tempt the voters. In one of my earlier blogs relating to corruption, inflation, black money etc. I had remarked that in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the country need not be surprised if the Congress score slumps to two digits," Advani said.
Noting that an important poll battle has just ended, Advani claimed that a crucial battle is to be waged in the coming year in which the fate of the Sonia Gandhi-Manmohan Singh government would be decided.
