'Except Bengal...': BJP Picks Holes In INDIA Bloc's Bypoll Math As Opposition Celebrates Winning 10 Of 13 Seats

As the INDIA bloc registered its win at 10 of the 13 Assembly seats, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya on Saturday mocked the Opposition alliance over the celebrations and said, “Let me kill the Opposition’s euphoria on the by-poll results”.

INDIA bloc parties won 10 assembly seats, while the BJP clinched two and an Independent one, as votes were counted on Saturday for the by-elections held on July 10 on 13 seats across seven states.

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Bypolls were held on July 10 in four seats of West Bengal, three in Himachal Pradesh, two in Uttarakhand, and one each in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu. While TMC and Congress won 4 seats each, AAP and DMK secured one seat each. BJP, on the other hand, won two seats in Uttarakhand and an independent MLA won in Bihar.

Bursting the Opposition’s euphoria, the BJP leader explained that of the 13 seats that went to polls on July 10, nine seats were not even held by the BJP. The BJP leader said that all three seats that went to polls in Himachal Pradesh were earlier held by Independents, meanwhile in Uttarakhand, Congress held both seats.

Highlighting BJP’s success in Madhya Pradesh, Malviya stated that the saffron party this time won the seat earlier held by Congress. The BJP leader further alleged that polls in Bengal were rigged, and fair elections did not take place in the state. Notably, the Aam Aadmi Party retained its seat in Punjab, while DMK won the seat in Tamil Nadu which it held earlier as well. Therefore, except Bengal, where elections were not free and fair, the results reflect status quo.

“Let me kill the Opposition’s euphoria on the by-poll results. Of the 13 seats that went to poll, 9 were not held by the BJP! Himachal Pradesh – Independents held all 3 seats. Uttarakhand – Congress held both seats. Madhya Pradesh -BJP won the seat earlier held by Congress. Bengal – TMC held 1. But the elections were rigged, so makes no sense to deliberate. Punjab – AAP retained their seat. Tamil Nadu – DMK held the seat. Therefore, except Bengal, where elections were not free and fair, the results reflect status quo. But I.N.D.I Alliance can claim moral victory!” Malviya wrote in an X post.

Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to microblogging site X and said the results of the by-elections in 7 states have made it clear that the “web of ‘fear and confusion’ woven by the BJP has been broken”.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge expressed “heartfelt thanks and gratitude” to the public for the “positive” result of the assembly by-election.