epa04209056 Indian National Congress (INC) president Sonia Gandhi (L) and vice president Rahul Gandhi address the media after the India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set to sweep the Indian elections in New Delhi, India, 16 May 2014. Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi took responsibility for the party's worst ever drubbing in the Indian parliamentary election after the BJP led by prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, wins an absolute majority in India's parliamentary polls, vote counts show. EPA/HARISH TYAGI
NEW DELHI: The leaders of India’s defeated Congress party, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, have admitted personal responsibility for the disastrous election results which came after 10 years in power.
“We understand that victory and loss is part of democracy,” party president Sonia told reporters here as preliminary figures showed the Congress heading for its worst-ever performance.
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