PM Modi mocks Congress for failing to win MLC elections across four states using ballot papers
Modi said the Congress drew a blank despite ballot-paper voting, as the BJP and its allies won 16 of 28 seats across the four-state council polls.
- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked the Congress on X for winning zero of 12 contested seats in 28-seat Legislative Council elections across four states conducted using ballot papers.
- The BJP-JD alliance swept all four Karnataka seats, leaving Congress empty-handed after JD candidate A P Ranganath defeated sitting Congress MLC Puttanna in Bengaluru by 908 votes.
- Regional parties made gains as Congress suffered additional setbacks in Maharashtra and Bihar, where the Jan Suraaj Party's Suresh Prasad Rai claimed the Darbhanga Teachers' constituency seat.
- Responding to Modi's taunts, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh demanded the Prime Minister reflect on BJP losses in Varanasi and Nagpur, calling results a "no-confidence motion against" his policies.
- Ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, these Legislative Council outcomes provide a baseline for party mobilization, with the BJP winning 16 of 28 seats amid shifting graduate and teacher electorates.
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Stop sermonising others; introspect why BJP lost Varanasi seats in MLC polls: Congress slams PM
New Deli, Oct 29: The Congress on Thursday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his taunt at the opposition party’s showing in the MLC elections, saying he must stop trolling and sermonising others and instead reflect on why the BJP lost both seats in his own parliamentary constituency of Varanasi. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said that from Varanasi and Nagpur to Lucknow, Prayagraj, and Patna, the p…
EVM to ballot papers: Congress’s defeats transcend voting methods
“Elections held using ballot papers. Guess how many seats Congress won?” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark at the grand old party following its complete rout in the Legislative Council elections across 28 seats in four states, including Karnataka, was more than a political jibe. It reflected the repeated failures of an entity that has mastered deflecting blame rather than confronting its own shortcomings. MLC elections in 28 seats across 4 b…
"Blamed EVMs earlier, defeated on ballot papers now": BJP's Sushil Kumar Singh backs PM Modi's remarks on MLC poll results
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Kumar Singh on Thursday came out in strong support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on the recent Legislative Council (MLC) poll outcomes, asserting that the Congress party's rhetoric on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) stands completely exposed after its "shameful defeat" in elections conducted via ballot papers.
Congress challenges PM Modi to hold all Lok Sabha, Assembly polls by ballot paper - The Tribune
The Congress on Wednesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his taunt at the Opposition party’s dismal show in the MLC elections, saying that if the PM is so confident that EVMs have no bearing on election results, he should prove his confidence in the BJP’s electoral prowess through action, not rhetoric.
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