The results of the assembly polls to five states, especially Uttar Pradesh, appear to mostly have accentuated difficulties for the Congress and raised questions about party Vice President Rahul Gandhi's electoral appeal but also provided a ray of hope for the party for its revival....
Six out of 10 assembly seats in Amethi and Rae Bareli parliamentary constituencies -- long considered Congress strongholds -- have gone to the BJP while two went to the Samajwadi Party, leaving the grand old party gasping with just two....
The BJP swept to an unprecedented two-thirds majority in Uttar Pradesh and bagged Uttarakhand too and was neck and neck with the Congress in Goa and Manipur in the country's biggest mandate since the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress returned to power in Punjab after a 10-year gap....
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday won all five seats in the state capital, including Lucknow Cantonment where its candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi defeated Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav by over 30,000 votes....
The Congress inched towards becoming the single largest party in the 40-member house winning 14 of the 35 seats for which results had been declared....
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP for the party's victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls and said the Congress will continue its fight till it wins the hearts and minds of people....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he was humbled as well as overwhelmed by the continued support of the people to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the assembly elections....
In the backdrop of the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand, outgoing Congress Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Saturday hinted at possible tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to tweak the poll outcome....
Hastinapur in Meerut district of western Uttar Pradesh and Kasganj in the state's Doab region stood by their reputation of being bellwether constituencies of the Hindi heartland with the voters reposing their faith in the BJP, which is all set to form the government after over 14 years....
The BJP may have faced a lot of flak for roping in tainted Congress MLAs and other leaders from the party weeks before the February 4 elections, but decision to induct them may have just helped the BJP save some face on Saturday, when it is facing a tough contest from the Congress....
