Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Kishan Reddy Blames Congress After Six Bypoll Losses
After six by-elections, Congress did not win any seats, according to the article.
The BJP-led NDA won four.
Union minister Kishan Reddy criticized Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi.
He said Congress should not blame election officials or voting machines for losing.
Reddy said the party should think about why voters did not support it.
He pointed to results in several states as examples.
He said people backed the NDA because of Narendra Modi’s leadership and its focus on development and welfare.
These comments are Reddy’s view of the election results.
Union minister G. Kishan Reddy criticized Congress after it failed to win any of six by-elections.
He said the BJP-led NDA won four seats and voters rejected Congress’s “politics of noise.”
Reddy urged Congress to stop blaming the Election Commission, EVMs and voter lists for defeats.
He cited Congress’s poor results in Nagaon and Nandigram, along with losses in several states.
Reddy credited the NDA’s wins to Narendra Modi’s leadership and voters’ support for development and welfare.
- Who
- Union minister G. Kishan Reddy criticized Congress and Rahul Gandhi.
- What
- Reddy blamed Congress’s by-election losses on its distance from voters and urged the party to introspect.
- When
- Friday; the article does not provide a date.
- Where
- The remarks concerned six by-elections, including contests in Nagaon and Nandigram.
- Why
- Reddy said Congress had lost voter trust and should respect the people’s mandate.
- By-elections discussed
- Six
- Seats won by BJP-led NDA
- Four, according to the article
- Congress seats won
- None of the six, according to the article
- Nandigram result cited by Reddy
- He said the BJP won by more than 1.22 lakh votes after Trinamool Congress withdrew its candidate and backed Congress.
- Nagaon result cited by Reddy
- He said Congress fell to third place behind AIUDF and received a single-digit vote share.
- NDA message
- Reddy credited the wins to Narendra Modi’s leadership and support for development, welfare, infrastructure and “Viksit Bharat.”