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.