‘Samajwadi Party’s game is over’: Keshav Prasad Maurya after BJP wins 7 out of 9 bypolls in UP

Lucknow: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning seven of nine polls in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, state’s Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya hailed the victory of the party and expressed confidence that the party will form the government in the next Assembly elections.

Calling is an historic win the deputy chief minister also took a dig at the Samajwadi Party and said the Akhilesh Yadav-led party’s ‘game is over’. “This is a historic victory and it is a strong foundation for 2027. The BJP government will be formed for the third time in Uttar Pradesh. SP’s game is over .”, news agency ANI quoted him as saying further.

Win in by-polls a massive boost for BJP in UP

With today’s win in 7 Assembly seats, the party has regained lots of confidence, mainly after the lower-than-expected performance in the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year.

In the Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year, the party won 33 seats while the Samajwadi Party won 37 seats from the state. There are 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Karhal and Sishamau were the only two Assembly constituencies from where the Samajwadi Party (SP) won.

Even as UP by-poll results are a massive boost for the BJP in the state, the results, have no significance as far as the state government is concerned as CM Yogi Adityanath -led BJP Government is already running a stable government.

Adityanath reached BJP office even before  results were announced

Earlier in the day, even as results were being announced a confident Adityanath reached the UP BJP office in Lucknow to reiterate the importance of “ek hain toh safe hain” and “batenge toh katenge” slogans.