Adityanath Says Gorakhpur, Phulpur Bypoll Outcome A Lesson For The BJP
The Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha by-election defeat were a “lesson” for the Bharatiya Janata Party for being overconfident and failing to understand the pact between Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, according to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath
The fact that the BJP lost both the seats -- Gorakhpur was vacated by Adityanath and Phulpur by his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya -- was a reason for review, the chief minister said.
When the candidates were declared, the SP, BSP and Congress were not together. They had not joined hands then. But suddenly in the middle of the election, the SP and the BSP forged an electoral understanding. The overconfidence and inability to understand the electoral understanding between the SP and the BSP led to the defeatYogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
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Political bargaining has started in the state and people of the UP will understand it, he Adityanath added. The chief minister, who represented Gorakhpur in the Lok Sabha five times, said the party's defeat stems from local issues and not its policies at the Centre.
He noted that the voter turnout was low, and the issues on which BJP lost the elections won't impact the Lok Sabha polls next year. “When the general elections are held, there will be national issues. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there has been a sense of confidence which is prevailing in the country, but all these will be reviewed.” he added
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