The I.N.D.
I.A. bloc parties continue to shine.
The Opposition grouping, which had made an impressive comeback in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, swept 10 out 13 Assembly seats that went to bypolls in seven states last week. The BJP managed to win just two seats — Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh and Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh. One seat was bagged by an Independent candidate.
Reacting to the good showing by the I.N.D.
I.A. bloc, the Congress said the results reflected the changing political climate in the country.
“The results of the byelection in seven states have made it clear that the web of 'fear and illusion' woven by the BJP has been broken. Every class, including farmers, youth, labourers, businessmen and employed people, wants to completely destroy dictatorship and establish the rule of justice. The public is now completely standing with INDIA for the betterment of their lives and protection of the Constitution (sic),” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi posted on X.
Among the notable victories was that of Kamlesh Thakur, wife of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who won the Dehra Assembly bypoll. Making her electoral debut, she defeated BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh by 9,399 votes. Celebrations erupted at the official residence of the Chief Minister in Shimla, with supporters bursting crackers even before the final result was declared.
Bypolls to Himachal’s Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh were necessitated after the three Independents who had vot.