‘Guess How Many Seats Congress Won!’: PM Modi's 'Ballot' Taunt After Zero-Seat Rout in MLC Results
Modi mocked the party’s poor showing as the Congress lost all 12 seats it contested in the four-state council polls, officials said.
- Congress failed to win a single seat in elections held for 28 MLC posts across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.
- Although MLC elections typically receive little attention because the electorate is limited to graduates or teachers, the BJP and Samajwadi Party invested significant effort ahead of assembly elections due next year.
- In Karnataka, Congress lost all four seats it contested, while the party scored a blank in the other three states; these elections used ballot papers rather than electronic voting machines.
- Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraj Party faced a key test in Bihar, while Chief Minister DK Shivakumar faced his first electoral evaluation after replacing former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa issued a public apology for "inappropriate remarks" made on the office's X handle while responding to a voter slip error involving Ravi Sharma.
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BJP slams Congress after MLC poll defeat on ballot papers
The Congress drew a blank in the latest Legislative Council elections across four states, where voting was conducted using ballot papers. The BJP seized on the results to counter the Congress’s allegations of EVM manipulation, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union ministers taking digs at the opposition party. The Congress’s poor performance in the Legislative Council (MLC) elections across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Kar…
PM Modi mocks Congress for failing to win MLC elections across four states using ballot papers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised the Congress party for not winning any seats in recent elections. Despite their demands for ballot papers, Congress failed to secure positions in the Legislative Council. The elections took place in four major states, including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, and Karnataka. BJP gained five seats in Uttar Pradesh alone, while Congress did not win any.
PM Modi Mocks Cong's Poor MLC Poll Show Despite Use of Paper Ballots
Elections to the six teachers' and five graduates' constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, four each in Bihar, two each in Karnataka, and three graduates' and two teachers' constituencies in Maharashtra were held on October 23.
Congress Draws A Blank In 28 MLC Polls: Karnataka Setback Raises Questions Over Party Organisation
The BJP-JD(S) alliance swept all four MLC seats in Karnataka, leaving the Congress empty-handed as counting continued across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra, raising questions over the party’s organisational strength
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