A day after the poor performance of the Congress in the assembly elections in four out of the five states that went to polls this year, party president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday conceded defeat saying that they got less support than expected.
It was a topsy-turvy session as the Samajwadi Party swept the UP assembly with a thumping majority, says CNBC-TV18's managing editor Udayan Mukherjee.
Congress' worst nightmare has come true, with just one victory in the five states that went to the polls. Experts discuss the implications of the election results on reforms.
With the Samajwadi Party, Akali Dal and BJP emerging victorious in the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa respectively, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called up their leaders to congratulate them.
The elections results of five states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa— will be announced tomorrow. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Rajdeep Sardesai, editor-in-chief of CNN-IBN discusses what's likely to happen tomorrow, not just in Uttar Pradesh (UP), but across India.