Lok Sabha Poll Results Show Rahul’s ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ Campaign Failed

New Delhi: The “chowkidar chor hai” campaign by Congress President Rahul Gandhi to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and his proposed Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) clearly failed to impress the Indian electorate which gave a resounding victory to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday, putting a question mark on the leadership of the grand old party. The Congress, according to the trends available, once again performed dismally, with the party leading at 54 Lok Sabha seats, just 10 more than what it bagged in the 2014 general elections to the 543-member Lower House of the Parliament.

In view of the second consecutive poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls, serious questions will definitely be raised over the leadership of 49-year-old Rahul Gandhi, who was made the President of the Congress in 2017 with an aim of rejuvenating the party after its worst ever show in the last general elections. The party fared badly even in the three states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh where it was elected to power only six months back. As reflected by the outcome of these elections, his campaign and strategy turned out to be a total failure.

Gandhi had made the ‘Chowkidar chor hai’ the main plank of his electioneering, alleging corruption and wrongdoings in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter planes from France, a charge which was repeatedly rubbished by the government. However, the fact that the BJP swept the elections by bagging more seats than even the last time goes on to demonstrate that the plank grossly misfired for Gandhi. (IANS)

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