New Delhi, March 10 (PTI): Reeling under the twin Assembly poll setbacks, the Congress today admitted that anti-incumbency against sitting MLAs and to a certain extent the Centre's failure to rein in price rise led to its downfall in Punjab and Uttarakhand.

Party General Secretary Digvijay Singh said inflation was definitely a matter of concern for the party and sought to put the onus of bringing down prices on the state governments as well.

"Anti-incumbency is a major factor in Indian politics today. Not only against the governments but there is anti- incumbency against legislators as well," he said in an interview on CNN-IBN's Devil's Advocate programme.

In urban areas of Punjab the party "could not change the candidates", Singh said and admitted that in certain constituencies the party got it wrong in selecting its nominees.