New Delhi: BJP President Rajnath Singh on Monday
expressed happiness at his party's performance in the Assembly
by-polls, saying it proved that the party was not on a sticky
wicket.
"After seeing the results in different states in these
by-elections no one can say that at present BJP is losing in
states...BJP has performed well in each and every state,"
Singh told reporters here.
He claimed the bypoll results showed Congress is not only
losing ground in Gujarat but also in states like
Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh.
In Gujarat, the ruling BJP bagged five of the seven seats
that went to polls on September 10, while Congress won two. Of
the seven seats where by-elections were held, six were with
Congress and one by BJP.
BJP also secured a majority in the Uttarakhand Assembly by
winning the Vikasnagar seat, taking its tally to 36 in the
70-member House.
BJP's victory is a morale booster for the party after it
lost all the five seats in the recent Lok Sabha elections in
the state that forced B C Khanduri to quit chief ministership.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, September 14, 2009, 16:56