Lok Sabha election results: BJP wins in Kairana, Gorakhpur and Phulpur; party had lost the seats in 2018 UP bypolls
FirstpostThe BJP appears to have put behind the defeat it had suffered in three bypolls in Uttar Pradesh last year to win Kairana, Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats back in the 2019 general election Lucknow: The BJP appears to have put behind the defeat it had suffered in three bypolls in Uttar Pradesh last year to win Kairana, Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats back in the 2019 general election. In Gorakhpur, the home turf of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP candidate Ravi Kishan defeated SP’s Rambhual Nishad in the general election. However, before the Lok Sabha election, Praveen Nishad joined the BJP and was fielded from Sant Kabirnagar parliamentary constituency. Reacting to the BJP’s success on the three seats, UP BJP media coordinator Rakesh Tripathi told PTI, “The agony of the bypoll defeats in the state has turned into elation for us because of the brilliant groundwork of Sunil Bansal, general secretary of UP unit of the party, who was continuously in touch with party workers across the state.” Tripathi said the BJP has changed the political narrative in Uttar Pradesh.