"Samajwadi Party has been completely derailed, will win all 9 seats": UP Dy CM Pathak on by-polls

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 18 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Monday exuded confidence in winning the by-polls in the state and said that the way people have approved the poor welfare policies of Prime Minister Modi, it shows that the BJP is winning all the nine seats.
Speaking to ANI, Pathak said, "In the by-elections, the BJP alliance is winning all the nine seats here. The way people have approved the poor welfare policies of Prime Minister Modi, we can say that we will win all the seats... The truth of those who ran a negative narrative in the Lok Sabha elections has come out in front of the people... Samajwadi Party has been completely derailed."
Notably, the Election Commission has postponed by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Punjab to November 20 from November 13.
According to the EC order, the Assembly constituencies, where the polling has been postponed to November 20, include Palakkad in Kerala; Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal, Gidderbaha, Barnala in Punjab; and Meerapur, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, Karhal, Sishamau, Phulpur, Katehari and Majhawan in Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said that the voice of the Lucknow engine (UP government) has changed as the Uttar Pradesh bypolls are approaching.
"The voice of the Lucknow engine (UP government) has changed as the elections (UP Bypolls) approach. Are they talking about any development? They say that Samajwadi people are mafia and goons...But the truth is that when the Chief Minister (Yogi Adityanath) leaves his house, he does not look in the mirror," said Akhilesh Yadav while addressing a public rally in Uttar Pradesh's Katehari Vidhan Sabha.
Further, speaking on the Jhansi Medical College incident, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said that the investigation is going on.
"We are investigating. Today a meeting has been called," he said.
The Uttar Pradesh government formed a high-level committee to probe. The tragedy occurred when a fire, suspected to have been caused by a short circuit in an oxygen concentrator, spread rapidly in the highly oxygenated environment of the NICU, leading to the deaths of 10 newborns.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced financial assistance of Rs5 lakh for the families of the deceased newborns.
A four-member committee comprising members of the UP health department has been asked to submit its report in seven days. (ANI)