New Delhi: Congress on Monday downplayed its defeat in Hisar Lok Sabha bypoll saying it had not won the seat even during the last elections and dismissed the contention that the result betrayed the effect of Team Anna's call to people not to vote for its candidate over the Lokpal issue.
Party General Secretary in-charge for Haryana BK Hariprasad said the defeat in the constituency was "not unexpected" given the fact that in the last parliamentary elections too, Congress had secured third position.
HJC-BJP combine nominee Kuldeep Bishnoi, who is the son of late former state Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, won the by-election defeating his nearest rival Ajay Chautala of while the ruling Congress candidate Jai Parkash stood third.
Hariprasad said that the "sympathy factor" following the demise of Bhajan Lal, who represented the constituency and had been the Chief Minister thrice, played a role so also the social equations....
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03:51 PM, Oct 17, 2011
