Milkipur bypoll: BJP's Paswan defeats SP candidate by over 61,000 votes

BJP candidate Chandrabhanu Paswan on Saturday won the Milkipur bypolls by a margin of 61710 votes according to the Election Commission website While Paswan 38 polled over 146 lakh votes his nearest rival Samajwadi Partys Ajit Prasad 42 garnered 84687 votes it saidAfter 31 rounds of counting Paswan with 146397 votes registered a winWith the BJP winning the Milkipur SC seat all five assembly segments of the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency are in the BJPs kittyThe other assembly segments are Rudauli Bikapur and Ayodhya in Ayodhya district and Rudauli assembly segment of Barabanki districtMilkipur was the only seat the BJP lost in Ayodhya district in the 2022 Assembly pollsSantosh Kumar of the Aazad Samaj Party Kanshi Ram stood a distant third and got 5459 votesThe Milkipur bypoll was necessitated after local MLA Awadhesh Prasad vacated the seat following his Faizabad win in the 2024 Lok Sabha pollsThe SP fielded his son Ajit Prasad in the bypoll even as the BJP opted for a party cadre Paswan both from the Pasi communityWhile the SP was anxious to retain the seat it won in the 2022 UP polls the BJP was anxious to avenge its Faizabad loss that had happened within five months of the highprofile consecration of Ram temple at AyodhyaThe BSP did not contest the bypoll while the Congress backed its alliance partner SPUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated party workers for the historic victory of the BJP in the Milkipur bypollIn a post on X in Hindi Adityanath said Heartiest congratulations to all the dedicated party officials and hardworking workers for the historic victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in the byelection of Milkipur Legislative Assembly seatThis victory is a symbol of the unwavering faith of the common people in the public welfare policies of the Double Engine BJP government led by Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the UP government dedicated to service security and good governance he saidCongratulations to the winning candidate Chandrabhanu Paswan and hearty greetings to the people of Milkipur Assembly constituency who gave their votes to the development journey and good governance of Uttar Pradesh Jai Shri Ram the CM said narendramodi hellipmdash Yogi Adityanath myogiadityanath February 8 2025Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya in a post on X said Hearty congratulations to the newly elected Honble MLA of BJP Shri Chandrabhanu Paswan ji along with the national and state leadership on the massive victory of BJP in the Milkipur Assembly byelection2025 in Uttar Pradesh and best wishes for a bright tenureThis victory is a result of the BJP governments poor welfare schemes the working style of the organisation and the peoples unwavering faith in Honble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Maurya saidDeputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak also congratulated the partys winning candidate on his historic winUP BJP chief Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary too congratulated Paswan on his comprehensive winSP chief Akhilesh Yadav on the other hand accused the BJP of misusing the electoral machinery to win electionsThe true victory of PDA Picchda Dalit Alpsankhyak in Ayodhya in the Lok Sabha elections is many times greater than their false victory in the Milkipur Assembly and will always be so Yadav said in a post on XThe BJP cannot face the growing power of PDA based on votes which is why it tries to win by misusing the electoral machinery The level of manipulation of officials required to carry out such electoral fraud may be possible in one assembly constituency but this chaar sau beesee apparently referring to cheating will not work in 403 assembly constituencies Yadav saidHe claimed that the BJP members also know this which is why they postponed the Milkipur bypollThis is a false victory which the BJP will never be able to celebrate if they look into their own eyes in the mirror Their guilt and the fear of future defeat will keep them awake Yadav said 1 403 hellipmdash Akhilesh Yadav yadavakhilesh February 8 2025This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever