Narottam Mishra skips BJP meet held to discuss Datia assembly bypoll defeat
- Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh won the Datia Assembly bypoll, defeating BJP's Ashutosh Tiwari by 6,016 votes, securing 66,757 against Tiwari's 60,741 votes.
- Narottam Mishra denied any rift with BJP candidate Ashutosh Tiwari, calling him like a younger brother and describing reports of resentment as false and misleading.
- BJP dissolved its entire Datia district organization after the bypoll defeat and formed a committee to investigate the loss, with the state BJP president Hemant Khandelwal overseeing the process.
- Datia was Narottam Mishra's stronghold, but the BJP fielded Ashutosh Tiwari instead of Mishra in the bypoll after Mishra lost the seat in the 2023 Assembly Elections.
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Party Constituted Committee to Conduct Point-wise Review, Says BJP Candidate Ashutosh Tiwari on Datia Bypoll Defeat
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. "The party leadership has constituted a committee to conduct a point-wise review. After the review, the committee itself will take the matter forward. These are all matters of review. When the leadership takes cognisance of these issues, an authorised response can be given. It is not in my nature to make unauthorised statements. There are no answers to hypothetical questions," Tiwari said whe…
'Ashutosh Tiwari is like my younger brother': Narottam Mishra dismisses rift rumours after Datia bypoll defeat
Congress candidate Ghanshyam Singh defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's Ashutosh Tiwari, who was fielded in place of Narottam Mishra. The bypoll in Datia was necessitated after a Delhi court in April this year sentenced Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti to three years' imprisonment in a cheating case.
Following the BJP's defeat in the Datia by-election, Narottam Mishra took to social media to refute the allegations leveled against him and Ashutosh Tiwari. He described Ashutosh Tiwari as his younger brother and expressed affection and respect for him.
Stung by Datia bypoll defeat, BJP disbands party's district unit in Madhya Pradesh
The BJP's Madhya Pradesh unit dissolved its entire district unit after a Datia bypoll defeat. This significant move followed allegations of internal sabotage and organizational lapses during the campaign. A two-member committee was established to investigate the reasons for the electoral reverse. Supporters of Narottam Mishra protested the denial of a ticket to the senior leader. The committee will submit its findings to the party's state presid…
Congress's shock Datia bypoll victory triggers BJP overhaul, district chief fired
The BJP dissolved its entire Datia district organisation after losing the Assembly bypoll to Congress. The move followed a review of the defeat and revived tensions over Narottam Mishra's denied ticket.
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