Assembly Elections: Congress won in places where Rahul campaigned, says Manish Tewari

NEW DELHI: Congress has done well in the Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat and it has won in places where party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had campaigned, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today said.

"We have done well, therefore, obviously, I think if anyone has the reason to celebrate it is the Congress party," Tewari said here.

Gujarat Assembly Elections 2012

"Interestingly, I think it must be understood that in all the 12 or 13 constituencies in which Rahul Gandhi campaigned in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, if my information is correct, Congress has won all those and that too by a very convincing margin," he said.

While BJP has swept the Gujarat Assembly polls, Congress has wrested the hill state from the saffron party

Ahmed Patel, Political Secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, congratulated party leadership in Himachal Pradesh for the victory in the hill state.

Patel, who hails from Gujarat, complimented the state BJP leadership, for the electoral hat-trick and said he humbly accepts the verdict of the people.