Pramod Bhagat won all the league games and also defeated Ukraine's Oleksandr Chyrkov in straight sets and will now face Japan's Daisuke Fujihara. The Padma Shri Awardee won his quarterfinals in 30 minutes, the final score read 21-15 and 22-20.
The Aam Aadmi Party candidate on Saturday won the bypoll from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency which was considered a Congress stronghold for the past 24 years.
In an apparent reference to Bharatiya Janata Party's impending defeat in the Karnataka elections, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that now the BJP will not conduct Assembly polls in the Union Territory any time soon.
BJP karnataka Party state president Nalin Kumar Kateel said, "I take responsibility for the defeat as the state president. I will work responsibly as a good opposition party in the state."
"I want to thank all the party leaders and workers in Karnataka. Karnataka mein Nafrat ki bazaar band hui hai, Mohabbat ki dukaane khuli hai. We fought on the issues of the poor. We did not fight this battle using hatred and wrong words. This will happen in every state," Rahul Gandhi told
As the grand old party surged ahead on Saturday according to leads of the Karnataka assembly elections, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa said victory and defeat are not new for the party and it will introspect the setback.
"This is the victory of Karnataka people against the Prime Minister and defeat of the BJP's politics over religion. This is the victory of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi against the narrative of PM Modi and Amit Shah. This is the victory of all suffering endured by Rahul Gandhi during B
"In spite of a lot of efforts put in by PM and BJP workers, we've not been able to make the mark. Once the full results come we'll do a detailed analysis. We take this result in our stride to come back in Lok Sabha elections," said Bommai.