'Lost In Places Important To Hindus': INDIA Bloc Stings BJP Over Bypoll Results

Opposition leaders have hailed the INDIA bloc's remarkable victory in the recent assembly bypolls, where they secured 10 out of 13 seats.

The ruling BJP was left with only two seats, and an Independent candidate won one.

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Samajwadi Party's senior MP Ram Gopal Yadav highlighted the significance of the BJP's defeat in regions historically important to Hindus.

"It seems as if BJP's bubble of lies has popped... People understood their tactics... People defeated BJP from every religious place including the Lok Sabha elections. In every place associated with Lord Ram, right from Ayodhya, Sitapur, Chitrakoot, Nasik, and Rameshawaram, the BJP has been defeated. Even Lord Ram has rejected BJP," Yadav said.

RJD MP Manoj Jha pointed out the slender margins in the BJP's wins, reported Hindustan Times.

"The two seats where BJP has won, in one of them the margin is of 1000 votes and in the other also the margin is almost the same, and that person was in Congress until recently. I just hope from now on the governance is of inclusiveness and talks are held on issues of public interest. The biggest issue is unemployment, they (BJP) never talk about that," he added.

Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit interpreted the results as a clear sign of BJP's declining influence.

"Right after the Lok Sabha elections, we have won 12-13 seats in 4-5 states, which clearly indicates that the BJP's graph has been falling. Had the Lok Sabha elections been organised after 6-8 months, BJP would not have won more than 120 seats. For the first time, NDA parties are performing better than BJP in their respective states and BJP is absolutely relying on them... BJP has a multiple organ failure and is failing in multiple states. It is soon headed to an ICU," Dikshit said.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram expressed confidence in the INDIA bloc's momentum.

"The by-elections show that the mood of the people is against the BJP. But where the structure of the Congress party is weak, I'm afraid that the 'mood' alone would not help. We have to work in states where the structure of the party is weak. But by and large, the wind is behind the sails of the INDIA bloc," he said.

JD(U) leader KC Tyagi welcomed the people's mandate but cautioned against viewing the results as a landslide.

"Whatever the outcome of the bypolls are we welcome people's mandate. In 1-2 places, Congress had an extra win and they should be happy about it...but to think this as a one-sided verdict is wrong," Tyagi said.

Assembly bypolls were held in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, Nalagarh, and Dehra; West Bengal's Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, and Maniktala; Badrinath and Manglaur in Uttarakhand; Jalandhar West in Punjab; Rupauli in Bihar; Vikravandi in Tamil Nadu; and Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh.

In Himachal Pradesh, Congress bagged two seats (Nalagarh and Dehra), while BJP managed to win one seat (Hamirpur).

The ruling TMC in West Bengal swept all four seats.

Congress secured both seats in Uttarakhand, AAP won the lone seat in Punjab, DMK secured the lone seat in Tamil Nadu, BJP won the lone seat in MP, and an Independent candidate won the lone seat in Bihar.