LUCKNOW/CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday clinched Samajwadi Party (SP) bastions of Azamgarh and Rampur in Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a setback in Punjab's Sangrur parliamentary constituency, vacated by chief minister Bhagwant Mann, in results for high-profile seats in the latest electoral battle.
While the two Lok Sabha seats in UP were previously held by former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and senior SP leader Azam Khan, the Punjab seat was considered stronghold of Mann, who recently became the chief minister of the state after his party wrested control in the assembly elections. The Punjab seat went to Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) candidate Simranjit Singh Mann, reducing the AAP's tally in the Lower House to zero.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said Sunday's outcomes reflected the mood ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, adding that the BJP was set to win all 80 parliamentary constituencies from the state.
Yadav, however, called the results a murder of democracy. "The chronology of murder of democracy in BJP rule: ... misuse of force to prevent voting, irregularities in counting, pressure on public representatives and dismantling the elected governments."
The voting for the bypolls was held on June 23.
By-elections were also held for seven assembly seats across Delhi, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand. In Delhi's Rajinder Nagar, the AAP's Durgesh Pathak defeated BJP candidate Rajesh Bhatia by a margin of over 11,000 votes, according to an official.
This story is from the June 27, 2022 edition of Hindustan Times.
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