Chitrakoot verdict shows people's growing disillusionment with BJP: Akhilesh

The party will now face the Gujarat assembly polls with this defeat on their back, he said.

New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday that BJP's defeat in Chitrakoot by-poll will have a bearing on its performance in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections.

He said the verdict demonstrated people's growing disillusionment with the party.

People have started to realize the whole truth about GST and other flawed decisions of the government, the SP leader said in a tweet.

The Chitrakoot verdict is a big blow to BJP and shows the wind of popularity is changing its course away from the party, he said, adding, it will now face the Gujarat assembly polls with this defeat on their back.

चित्रकूट विधानसभा उपचुनाव में भाजपा की हार, हवा के रूख को बता रही है. नोटबंदी और GST का सारा सच अब जनता को समझ आने लगा है. ये परिणाम जनता के मन में भाजपा के प्रति बढ़ते अविश्वास और विरोध का प्रतीक है. भाजपा की हार की हवा, अब गुजरात तक भी जाएगी.

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) November 12, 2017

Congress candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi on Sunday defeated his nearest BJP rival Shankar Dayal Tripathi by more than 14,000 votes.

Chaturvedi polled 66,810 votes as against Tripathi's 52,677 votes.

He was declared the winner after 19 rounds of counting.

The election was called after the death of Chitrakoot's Congress legislator Prem Singh. A total of 12 candidates were in the fray including nine independents.

The assembly seat is located in Madhya Pradesh's Chitrakoot district.