INDIA bloc celebrates bypoll boost

14-Jul-2024
Meanwhile, the ruling BJP managed to secure victories on only two seats and the other was won by an Independent candidate in Bihar.

The Congress-led INDIA bloc secured major wins in ten out of the 13 Assembly seats which went to bypolls in seven states of the country on July 10, the Election Commission of India (ECI) data showed on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the ruling BJP managed to secure victories on only two seats and the other was won by an Independent candidate in Bihar.

Congress on Saturday hailed the assembly bypoll results with Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi asserting it has become clear that the web of "fear and illusion" woven by the BJP has been broken.

In Tamil Nadu, the ruling DMK's Anniyur Siva emerged victorious in the Vikravandi assembly constituency, defeating NDA constituent PMK's Ambumani C by 67,757 votes.