Wins Alwar, Ajmer, Mandal Garh seats in state
Our Correspondent / Jaipur
In a major setback to the ruling BJP both at centre and state Congress on Thursday snatched away Alwar and Ajmer Parliamentary seats and Mandal Garh Assembly seat from BJP in bye-election.
In Mandal Garh of Bhilwara district, Congress candidate Vivek Dhakar defeated his nearest rival of Bhartiya Janta Party, Shakti Singh Hada by 12,976 votes. Congress Candidate Raghu Sharma won the Ajmer Parliamentary seat by 84 thousand 414 votes.
He defeated his nearest rival and BJP candidate Ramswaroop Lamba. In Alwar, Congress candidate Dr. Karan Singh Yadav defeated his nearest BJP rival of Dr. Jaswant Singh Yadav by over one lakh 96 thousand votes.
State Congress President Sachin Pilot said that people have rejected the State Government. He demanded resignation of Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje on moral ground. On the other hand, BJP State Unit Chief Ashok Parnami said that they accept the mandate. He said that the party will analyze the reasons of defeat.
With today’s win, the Congress’s strength in the Lok Sabha has gone up to 48.
Buoyed by the results, a jubilant Congress president Rahul Gandhi hailed the party’s Rajasthan unit for its impressive show, calling the outcome a “rejection” of the BJP by the people.
“Well done Rajasthan Congress! Proud of each and every one of you. This is a rejection of the BJP by the people of Rajasthan. #RajasthanByPolls,” Gandhi tweeted.
Describing the Congress victories in the by elections for the Lok Sabha seats of Ajmer and Alwar and that of the Assembly bypoll in Mandalgarh as a mandate of the people on the four years of the Narendra Modi government, the Congress on Thursday said the verdict of the election was an indicator for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Talking to reporters here, AICC media incharge Randeep Surjewala said,’the people of Rajasthan have given their mandate on the four years of misgovernance of the Modi government at the centre.
Today it is Rajasthan.Tomorrow, it will be the entire country. The results of the by elections are an indicator of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.’
TMC bags both Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in West Bengal
KOLKATA
Trinamool Congress has won the by-elections of Uluberia parliamentary seat and the Noapara assembly constituency.
TMC candidate Sajda Ahmed trounced Anupam Mallick of BJP by over 4.74 lakh votes in Uluberia Lok Sabha seat in Howrah district.