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Gains in byelections too

By K.V. Prasad

NEW DELHI DEC. 15. The electoral tide turned in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party in majority of the three Lok Sabha and five Assembly byelections held across six States. The party emerged victorious in two Parliamentary constituencies — Mehsana (Gujarat) and Godda (Jharkhand) — and bagged all the three Assembly constituencies in Rajasthan.

The Congress party's reversal in Rajasthan was countered with the party retaining the Nainital Lok Sabha seat through Mahendra Pal Singh who defeated Balraj Passi of the BJP.

However, the BJP wrested the Mehsana seat from the Congress with Punjaji Thakore trouncing Maneklal Patel. In Jharkhand, the BJP retained the Godda Lok Sabha seat with Pradeep Yadav defeating Hussain Ansari of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. The Congress received a jolt in Rajasthan, where it lost all the three Assembly seats — Sagwara, Bansur and Bali. The BJP wrested Sagwara from the Congress and Bansur from its ally, the Bahujan Samaj Party. In Bali, Pushpendra Singh defeated Bheemraj Bhatt of the Congress. The Bali seat fell vacant after the resignation of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's election as the Vice-President.

The Congress faced a setback in Assam where its rival, the Asom Gana Parishad wrested the Khumtai Assembly seat with Prabin Gogoi defeating Lachit Phukan of the Congress.

In Arunachal Pradesh, the party retained the Daporijo Assembly seat in bypoll. The State Minister, Yari Dulom, widow of the Congress leader, Tadak Dulom, defeated Daklo Nidak of the Arunachal Congress.

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