The upcoming assembly by-elections in nine seats in Uttar Pradesh are being viewed as a litmus test for the BJP, following the party's recent setback against the Samajwadi Party and Congress alliance in the Lok Sabha elections.
Announcing the date for the assembly by-elections for the Raipur South seat the Election Commission of India has set the stage for a high-stakes political battle in Chhattisgarh.
Samajwadi Party faces the challenge of repeating the success they got in the Milkipur assembly seat in Ayodhya during the assembly and Lok Sabha elections. With its national general secretary and Ayodhya MP Awadhesh Prasad ,after being elected as their MP, Samajwadi Party no longer has even a single MLA from the district.
She said BSP's stand on the proposed simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies in the country is positive, but its objective must be in the interest of the country and the public.
According to the Election Commission of India trends, INDIA bloc candidates from Congress, AAP, TMC, and DMK were ahead in 10 of the 13 assembly seats where bypolls were held.
This now confirms the fact that the Chief Minister is the leader of the corruption taking place in Himachal Pradesh, he accused.
Awadhesh Prasad had already resigned from Milkipur seat and now the Election Commission has to announce the by-election schedule.
While the BRS is banking on the sympathy factor, Congress, which did not win a single seat in the last Assembly elections in Hyderabad and its adjoining areas, is hoping to open its account within this bypoll.
The BJP has fielded Sardar Indar Iqbal Singh Atwal for the Jalandhar (SC) bypoll and Tankadhar Tripathy for the Jharsuguda bypoll.
Kusum Devi managed to receive 70,053 votes after the completion of all 24 rounds of counting, while the RJD candidate secured 68259 votes.
