Jaipur: A glum-looking Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot today said, the Congress lost in the state assembly elections because "of national issues".
Speaking to reporters here, Gehlot said, BJP's win in Rajasthan was on the basis of "mere lies and rumours. If you speak lies over and over again, people will start believing it".
"On our part, we fought the elections on the issues of development, on our welfare schemes. Our health scheme is one, for which even the Gujarat government has shown active interest", claimed Gehlot.
Asked how the opinion poll projections have now been proved correct, Gehlot said, the issue is not opinion polls. "The people of Rajasthan were misled by lies and rumours".
