Congress will win 150 seats in Madhya Pradesh, says Rahul Gandhi

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Buoyed by the partys emphatic victory in the recent Karnataka elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday exuded confidence that the party will continue its winning streak in Karnataka and win 150 seats in the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, slated to be held later this year...

Speaking to the media after attending the partys poll preparedness meeting at the AICC headquarters in Delhi, the former Congress president said the party win Madhya Pradesh just like it did in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh...

Gandhi along with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge held a meeting with party top leaders, including former chief minister and president of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) Kamal Nath and AICC in-charge of MP, P Aggarwal, over poll preparedness...

Meanwhile, incumbent Chief Minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan reacted to Gandhis claim of winning 150 seats said that the saffron party will win 200 seats in the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly...

Besides Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh will also go to polls, and the Assembly elections will be a litmus test for the Congress party, with just months left to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections..

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