What new excuse will SP give for its defeat in Gola Gokarnnath bypoll: Mayawati

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ BSP chief Mayawati targeted the Samajwadi Party over its defeat in the Gola Gokarannath assembly bypolls, asking what excuse will it give for the loss given that her party did not contest the election. She said it remains to be seen whether the Akhilesh Yadav-led party will be able to retain the Mainpuri Lok Sabha and Rampur assembly seats where bypolls are scheduled on December 5.

BJP’s Aman Giri won the Gola Gokarannath assembly bypoll in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, defeating his nearest rival and Samajwadi Party candidate Vinay Tiwari by over 34,000 votes, a senior official said. With the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress keeping away, it was a direct contest between the BJP and the SP.

“Gola Gokarnnath assembly by-election is in a lot of discussions. It is more so because of the SP’s defeat by 34,298 votes than the BJP’s victory. When the BSP mostly does not contest by-elections and was not in the fray here too, what new excuse will SP make for its defeat?” Mayawati said in a tweet in Hindi.