Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded the Bharatiya Janata Party's victory in the Milkipur byelection in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh and said every section has voted for the party in large numbers.
BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal on Thursday strongly criticized Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav over his remarks on the Election Commission, accusing the Opposition of repeatedly attacking constitutional institutions whenever they face electoral defeats.
Polling parties in Uttar Pradesh's Milkipur Assembly constituency collected polling materials and departed for their respective booths ahead of the by-election scheduled for February 5.
The Milkipur by-poll is expected to be a highly prestigious battle for the BJP as the saffron party lost the Faizabad parliamentary seat to the Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha election last year.
Speaking to ANI on the Phulpur assembly constituency bypoll results, ACP Bharti said, "The counting of votes has started and in view of its safety, Paramilitary, PAC, District Police and all our ACPs of Prayagraj Commissionerate are on duty. All the security arrangements are there."
Speaking to ANI, Akhilesh Yadav said, "We have always seen that the exit poll predictions have not always been accurate. Many experts who have conducted surveys earlier on elections have also not always been right. The public wants change. Everbody wants BJP to be ousted from power. In Uttar
Stating that the Congress had put all possible efforts to fight the bye-elections in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that the fruits of labour will depend on God's will.
"The exit polls of Jharkhand, Maharashtra or by-elections have been declared, there are signs that all the results would be according to our expectations. I was saying earlier as well when I was seeing in the field that due to the work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hard work of BJ
Krishnakumar said, "Definitely we will win this election from Palakkad. We are expecting more than 10,000 votes. We are projecting developmental issues. Voters are interested in discussing development issues. The other two fronts are discussing about the controversies. It is more than decade