PM dismissed by poll results as reflection of performance of govt.
merisarkar news service New Delhi, October 18, 2011
PM dismisses by poll results
The results of by polls could not be seen as a reflection of the performance of the government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
"One by-election cannot be seen as a referendum or a reflection on the performance of my government," the Prime Minister told journalists in Pretoria in response to a question on the Congress and its allies losing all four by-elections in Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar.
The Oct 13 election results were announced on Monday, leaving the Congress with a zero-four score.
It lost the Hisar parliamentary seat as well as the assembly seats of Banswada (Andhra Pradesh), Khadakwasla (Maharashtra) and Daraunda (Bihar). By polls were held in four states and three of them are ruled by Congress Party.
PM was replying to a question by a reporter on the sidelines of the IBSA Summit.
