Left parties on Tuesday said the results of the five assembly polls showed that the people had rejected "misrule" of the Narendra Modi government and called on democratic forces to unite to counter the BJP in the next year's parliamentary elections.
The Congress was on Tuesday set to wrest Rajasthan and Chattisgarh from the BJP which was trailing marginally in Madhya Pradesh in a cliffhanger while the TRS stormed back to power in Telangana and the MNF dislodged the Congress in Mizoram.
The CPI contested in around 40 seats in the five states and drawn a blank, while CPI(M) has wrested two seats from the BJP in Rajasthan.
"The election result of five states demonstrate that people have rejected BJP misrule and communal agenda of polarising the masses and anti-people economic policies. It is a verdict against arrogance and dictatorial rule of Narendra Modi", S Sudhakar Reddy, general secretary, CPI told PTI.
He appealed to "all secular, left and democratic forces to unite to defeat the BJP in the upcoming parliamentary election in 2019."
The party thanked people who have voted for its candidates in the five state elections and hailed the victory of two CPI(M) candidates in Shri Dungargarh and Bhadra in Rajasthan