The BJPs desperate attempt at the fag end to communalise (the bypolls) came a cropper," Pilot said.."The whole pracharak, vistarak and the booth management..He said the results had come at a time when the BJP was on the "back foot"."So it shows that even the urban centres where we were not so strong conventionally, those people -- the middle class, young people -- have come strongly in the Congresss fold," Pilot said.Asked whether the Congress would name a chief ministerial candidate before the polls in Rajasthan, Pilot said, "We as a party have traditionally not done this.. Collective efforts of all leaders are towards that," he said.

Pilot alleged the BJP attempted to polarise the polls and divert the campaign discourse from the main issues. The BJP takes pride in doing this but has not done it in Rajasthan.""Governance has failed in Rajasthan.New Delhi: The recent Congress victory in key bypolls in Rajasthan has busted the "myth" of the BJP being an election-winning machine and sent out a message that its "jumlebaazi" (rhetoric) will not work, party state unit chief Sachin Pilot said on Sunday. have had their impact," he said."The fact that they were forced to make a so-called pro-farmer budget shows that the agrarian distress all over India is having its impact and the BJP will have to pay a heavy price for it," Pilot said in New Delhi. That has also been very clearly indicated in the elections," Pilot said."I must salute the people of Rajasthan that they did not allow this communal and venomous politics to take centre-stage..The Congresss Vivek Dhakad won the Mandalgarh Assembly seat, defeating his nearest BJP rival Shakti Singh Hada by nearly 13,000 votes.

Pilot, who campaigned intensely and worked at the grass-roots level for the two Lok Sabha constituencies and one Assembly seat, said the outcome would also have a bearing on the upcoming polls in other states, including Karnataka.He pointed out there were eight Assembly segments in each parliamentary seat and the Congress won all the eight in Alwar and in Ajmer."These by-elections are a very positive indication for the times to come, and not just in Rajasthan but in other states also.Noting that bypolls have historically been won in the state by the ruling dispensation, Pilot said the mandate that the Congress received was not just a rejection of the Vasundhara Raje government but an approval of the Congresss stand on various issues and policies.The Congress put up a strong performance in Rajasthan where its candidates wrested the Alwar and Ajmer Lok Sabha and Mandalgarh Assembly seats from the BJP by impressive margins last week.Also read: People of Rajasthan have rejected Vasundhara Rajes govt: Sachin PilotPilot, who is largely seen as the Congresss chief ministerial face in Rajasthan, said the elections were "very crucial" as they came just seven or eight months before Assembly polls in the state.

Also read: Budget will uplift Dalits, farmers, tribals, says PM ModiHe also asserted that there was no factionalism in the state unit of the party and all leaders were united in their objective of defeating the BJP in Rajasthan.(It) has now been proven that we can defeat them if the Congress party workers work with zeal," Pilot said. I think it will have a good bearing on the Karnataka polls that are coming up," the 40-year-old leader said, adding the myth that the BJP was an election-winning machine had been busted."The myth that the BJP is an election-winning machine and cannot be defeated at the water bottling machine Suppliers hustings at the booth level, that myth has been put to rest now," he said.. take pride in saying that they are the best apparently. But the larger BJP policies of the GST, notebandi (demonetisation).

The singular job at our hand is to win the state elections. This is a mandate against the BJP...""In our party, the elected MLAs and the leadership will decide who will form the government."There is a message also for the BJP that four years of jumlebaazi, of creating so many crore jobs, depositing Rs 15 lakh in each account etc will not work.Also read: Rajasthan bypolls: Cong wins 3 seats, major blow to BJP before 2019 LS electionsAsked if the mandate was against the Raje government or the BJP-led government at the Centre, Pilot said, "You cannot segregate.The margin of victory registered by the Congress had been striking with its candidate Karan Singh Yadav trouncing his nearest BJP rival Jaswant Yadav by 1,96,496 votes in Alwar, and the main opposition partys nominee for Ajmer Raghu Sharma beating BJPs Swaroop Lamba by over 84,414 votes