Rahul Gandhi: Congress Party

Gandhi Dept: With early returns showing Congress coming in fourth place in the Uttar Pradesh polls, party icon Rahul Gandhi admitted defeat. Gandhi, seen as his party s likely next prime ministerial candidate, had put his reputation on the line by campaigning relentlessly across India s most populous state, according to The Star. Mayawati, the bottom-caste dalit leader who is the state s incumbent chief minister, also suffered a crushing defeat as the socialist Samajwadi Party s victory appeared strong enough to allow it to form a government on its own and lUCKNOW, INDIA India s governing Congress party was badly beaten in a key state election Tuesday, a sharp rebuke that could cripple the already embattled national government over the final two years of its term. I led this campaign and I was the person in front. The responsibility is mine, Gandhi said, adding that his party had poor organization in the state. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.