NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after the Gujarat result , Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the polls had delivered BJP a “zabardast jhatka (terrific shock)” that exposed PM Narendra Modi‘s credibility crisis , prompting BJP to respond that the leader was enjoying “defeat as victory”.

In his first comments on the Gujarat election result where Congress ran rival BJP close, Rahul told reporters, “It is a very good result for us. Agreed that we lost and could have won, we fell short. But BJP suffered a massive jolt in Gujarat. People of Gujarat do not accept Modi’s model. It is high on propaganda but it’s hollow.”

Senior BJP leader and HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said Rahul was under an illusion that the Gujarat polls were a jolt to the ruling party. “We (BJP) won both state assembly elections and in Gujarat for the sixth time. Actually this is a jolt for Congress,” he said.

Javadekar alleged that Congress adopted divisive politics in Gujarat, but people put their faith in Modi and his development agenda. “It seems Rahul Gandhi is under an illusion and he is enjoying defeat as victory. This shows his dynastic arrogance and is an insult to the people’s mandate,” he said.