New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party's success in the Milkipur byelection in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh, noting that the party received significant support from all sectors.
Workers at party headquarters after party's victory in Delhi polls.
The party secured a decisive win in the highly anticipated Milkipur Assembly by-election, which was seen as a significant prestige battle, with its candidate Chandrabhanu Paswan succeeding in defeating Samajwadi Party's Ajit Prasad by a substantial margin of 61,710 votes.
The by-election in Mr. Milkipur was necessitated after local MLA Awadhesh Prasad vacated the seat following his win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Mr. Faizabad, which includes the Ayodhya assembly segment.
Lost the Faizabad seat in Lok Sabha polls, months after "founder's consecration" at Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
The Samajwadi Party fielded Prasad's son in the by-election, who received only 84,687 votes, more than 60,000 fewer than Paswan's 146,397.
The voting in Milkipur was postponed the previous year when elections for other seats were held in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Following the result, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath targeted Samajwadi Party and said that the result will "put a full stop to the politics of nepotism and false promises."
Milkipur by-election results will finally bring an end to the politics of nepotism and deceit...The people have sent a clear message that regardless of the propaganda done by the Samajwadi Party, they will be held accountable for their actions.
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They will never be able to celebrate by gazing into their own eyes in the mirror, as their guilt and fear of future defeat will haunt them.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured 48 seats in the Delhi state assembly elections, with the party also winning 22 seats. Several top leaders of the AAP, including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, have lost their respective seats in the polls.
"We greatly appreciate the efforts of the worker and all of you for this victory," he said. (ANI)