The bypoll results are seen as a test for the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA ahead of the five state assembly elections scheduled later this year and the crucial Lok Sabha polls in 2024.
Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Thursday claimed that the people of Ghosi have voted for SP candidate Sudhakar Singh and he would win the bypolls.
Talking to ANI, Singh said that he could see people’s trust in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath.
The voting for the bye-elections to the other six assembly constituencies of several states, including Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tripura, West Bengal, and Jharkhand, started on Tuesday at 7 am.
Chandy Oommen, a Congress candidate from Puthupally Assembly constituency, where voting for the bye-election is underway, cast his vote on Tuesday morning.
Voting for bypoll at Uttarakhand's Bageshwar Assembly seat is underway. The result will be announced by the Election Commission on Friday, September 8.
Notably, this is the first election between the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition bloc's newly formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).
As six states are gearing up for bypolls on September 5, it will be the first show of strength of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of state assembly elections later
BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission, accusing the central observer for the upcoming Bageshwar Assembly bypoll, Rajesh Kumar, of bias and demanding that he be replaced at the earliest.
After addressing an election rally for the by-polls for the Bageshwar assembly seat, Dhami said, "We have always received support from all the voters of Bageshwar and this time also I can see that they have an inclination towards us. So the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Parvati Das will w