The Samajwadi Party managed to deliver a setback to the ruling BJP in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections, with an almost 50:50 split of seats on Wednesday, barely five months from the Assembly elections.
Of 11 graduates’ and teachers’ seats, results were declared for 10 as of 11:30 pm, with BJP winning six and the SP four. The ‘upper house’ Legislative Council elections come five months ahead of the Assembly polls.
In the teachers’ constituencies, the party’s Umesh Dwivedi won Lucknow, Shrichand Sharma won Meerut, Hari Singh Dhillon won Bareilly-Moradabad, and Dhruv Kumar Tripathi won Gorakhpur-Faizabad. READ | “Guess How Many Congress Won? He accused the BJP of malpractice and administrative manipulation in Gorakhpur and Varanasi, the regions represented in the Assembly and Parliament by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and PM Narendra Modi, respectively.
READ | “Secretly Happy With Our Win”: Akhilesh Yadav On Minister’s MLC Poll Remark The BJP’s winners in the graduates’ constituencies were Dinesh Kumar Goyal in Meerut and Manvendra Pratap Singh ‘Guru Ji’ in Agra. PM’s Taunt With Emoji After MLC Results Reacting to the results in a post on X, former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said, “The MLC elections have packed up the BJP’s bags and baggage.
