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BYPOLL SCORECARD: BJP 5, CONGRESS 3 AND AAP 0 By Sobhana K Nair | Apr 14, 2017, 02.30 AM IST PM thanks people for their support, Karnataka brings joy to Congress NEW DELHI Fresh from its resounding victory in the Uttar Pradesh elections, the BJP tasted success yet again as it won five out of the 10 seats that went to bypoll on Sunday. The Congress did not fare badly either, going on to pick up three of the remaining five seats, while one each went to Trinamul Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. Barring Rajouri Garden in Delhi, where ruling AAP suffered a drubbing at the hands of BJP, it was status quo in the other nine constituencies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated party cadres for the victory. “I thank the people for the constant support, blessings & unwavering faith in politics of development and good governance,” he tweeted. Apart from the five-seat victory, the BJP had one more reason to cheer. In West Bengal’s Kanthi Dakshin, which is held by Trinamool Congress since 2009, the party managed to get 30 per cent votes, a major leap from the paltry 3 per cent votes that it garnered in 2011. If not cheer, Congress can smile too, especially in Karnataka, where the party won against the odds in Gundlupet and Najangud. The bypoll in the twin seats is being seen as the semi-final before next year’s assembly elections. The Najangud victory is especially sweet for Congress. Here, the party’s Dalit leader and minister V. Srinivas Prasad had defected to the BJP after Congress Chief Minister Siddaramiah removed him from the cabinet. Prasad, who was fielded by the BJP, lost by over 20,000 votes to Congress’s Kalale Keshavamurthy. The party managed to retain Gundlupet, where the widow of five-time Congress MLA Mahadev Prasad, Geetha Prasad, fought. Even though the BJP had never won these two seats, it did put up its best efforts this time. For newly appointed state BJP chief B.S. Yedurappa, who returned to the saffron fold after a brief spell of rebellion, this was the first test. In Madhya Pradesh too, the Congress managed to keep Ater constituency that was once held by Leader of Opposition Satyadev Katare. His son Hemant Katare won the seat, but with far reduced margin of only 2,848 votes. In Rajasthan, BJP Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje ensured that her home-turf Dholpur constituency didn’t go to any other party. Several key ministers in the Raje cabinet and MPs had camped here for several days. The seat was held by B.L. Kushwaha, who, after being convicted in a murder case, was forced to resign. His wife Shobha Rani, who was fielded in his place, won with a wide margin. In Jharkhand, JMM clinched Littipara constituency, which the regional party has been holding since 2000. Interestingly, Simon Marandi, the winning JMM candidate in the bypoll, was BJP’s nominee in the last assembly election in 2014. He had lost then with 25,000 votes. █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ After Punjab shock, AAP loses deposit in Dehli Two years after its spectacular win in Delhi assembly elections, AAP on Thursday suffered a shocking defeat in Rajouri Garden bypoll. The seat was won by BJP-SAD’s joint candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa. AAP’s Harjeet Singh came a distant third with only 10,243 votes and lost deposit. The seat fell vacant after AAP MLA Jarnail Singh quit to contest the Punjab assembly polls. Reacting to the defeat, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, “We will consult the people, will try to work on our shortcomings.” He blamed the loss on “anger among people after Jarnail went to Punjab”. “We tried convincing them, but the results suggest that people were not convinced and remained upset,” he said. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
