The other BJP sweep: Party wins 5 of 7 Assembly bypolls in Rajasthan

Although the main opposition, Congress finished 3rd successful 4 constituencies. The BJP, whose tally dropped from 24 to 14 successful the Lok Sabha polls, seems to person gained from checking the rebellions, warring a much spirited run than the Congress, and benefitting from being the ruling party. The Congress, which astatine 1 constituent seemed acceptable to person a bully show, mislaid momentum aft the Haryana Assembly canvass results and could not recover.

While the results volition boost Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s image, seasoned politicians Hanuman Beniwal of RLP, the Ola household of the Congress, and BJP furniture curate Kirodi Lal Meena person suffered large setbacks successful the bypolls.

Going into the poll, the BJP had conscionable 1 seat, Salumber, which the enactment retained. While the BAP’s Jitesh Katara maintained a pb for astir of the rounds here, the BJP’s Shanta Meena, woman of Amrit Lal whose decease had necessitated the bypoll, edged retired Jitesh successful the past limb and won the spot by adjacent to 1,300 votes.

Apart from Salumber, the BJP won Jhunjhunu, Ramgarh, Deoli-Uniara, and Khinwsar seats. In a large setback for Congress and the RLP, the BJP won Jhunjhunu, which had been the Ola family’s stronghold, and Khinwsar that was considered an RLP stronghold.

The BJP past won Jhunjhunu 21 years ago. After that, the spot was won by the Congress’s Brijendra Ola successful 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023, earlier his predetermination to Lok Sabha necessitated the bypoll. In the bypoll, the Congress fielded Ola’s lad Amit who mislaid to the BJP’s Rajendra Bhamboo by a decisive 43,000 votes.

The RLP mislaid Khinwsar for the archetypal clip since its inception successful 2008. After fielding enactment main Hanuman Beniwal and his member Narayan Beniwal successful erstwhile polls, the enactment fielded Hanuman’s woman Kanika who mislaid to BJP’s Rewant Ram by adjacent to 14,000 votes.

In Deoli-Uniara, the BJP’s Rajendra Gurjar won by implicit 41,000 votes portion Congress rebel Naresh Meena, successful quality for slapping SDM Amit Chaudhary connected polling day, stood second, and the Congress’s K C Meena stood third.

Ramgarh kept shifting betwixt the BJP and the Congress but the BJP’s Sukhvant Singh yet went connected to win, defeating Congress’s Aryaan Zubair, lad of sitting Congress MLA Zubair Khan whose decease had necessitated the bypoll.

The Congress won Dausa, wherever overmuch was astatine involvement for BJP’s Cabinet Minister Kirodi Lal Meena who has been the origin of overmuch embarrassment for the authorities and enactment alike. In an evident bid to pacify him, the BJP fielded Meena’s member Jagmohan Meena, who mislaid to the Congress’s Deen Dayal by 2,300 votes. A partial recounting of votes was underway aft the BJP lodged a request.

The BAP retained Chorasi portion besides giving the BJP a scare successful Salumber. In Chorasi, the BAP’s Anil Katara won by a comfy borderline of 24,000 votes.