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07.03.2012
Sonia Gandhi, president of India's ruling Congress party, vowed Wednesday to "correct the mistakes" that led to a mid-term drubbing in local polls and defended embattled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"We will have to sit down and look at the situation and the results in every single state and then together work out a plan to correct the mistakes we have made," Gandhi told reporters in a rare news conference.
Congress, which runs the federal government, won outright in only one of five states and suffered a humiliating defeat in politically vital Uttar Pradesh (UP) where the future of the Gandhi political dynasty was put to the test.
Sonia's 41-year-old son Rahul, next in line in the political family and widely tipped as a future prime minister, led campaigning in the giant northern region of 200 million people and had vowed to revitalise the left-leaning party.
But Congress slumped to fourth place and increased its presence only marginally in the 403-seat assembly to 28 elected members according to results published on Tuesday.
"We will have to sit down and look at the situation and the results in every single state and then together work out a plan to correct the mistakes we have made," Gandhi told reporters in a rare news conference.
Congress, which runs the federal government, won outright in only one of five states and suffered a humiliating defeat in politically vital Uttar Pradesh (UP) where the future of the Gandhi political dynasty was put to the test.
Sonia's 41-year-old son Rahul, next in line in the political family and widely tipped as a future prime minister, led campaigning in the giant northern region of 200 million people and had vowed to revitalise the left-leaning party.
But Congress slumped to fourth place and increased its presence only marginally in the 403-seat assembly to 28 elected members according to results published on Tuesday.
"Every election is a lesson for us whether we win or lose," Italian-born Gandhi, wife of assassinated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, told reporters.
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