Cong failed to put up united front in MP, Chhattisgarh: Sonia

New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) Congress lost assembly polls
in India's central states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
as it failed to put up a united front, party chief Sonia
Gandhi said Thursday.

She expressed concern over the party's defeat in the
two states while complimenting the performance of the Congress
units in winning elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram.

Addressing a meeting of Congress Parliamentary Party
(CPP) here, Gandhi touched upon the menace of terrorism, which
she said, has been rejected as a political issue by the
people.

Briefing reporters about the CPP meet, party
spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed said though she was concerned about
the defeat of party in the two states, the number of seats
Congress has won in MP and Chhattisgarh has increased as
compared to the previous polls.

On the party's 3-2 win in the 'semi-finals' ahead of
the Lok Sabha elections next year, Gandhi regretted that the
party could not cash in on the anti-incumbency factor in the
two states.

Asked whether accountability would be fixed for the
defeat in MP and Chhattisgarh, Ahmed said the party president
did not mean lack of coordination but only voiced concern over
the results.