UP BJP accepts its defeat in bypolls, to review the reasons

Of the 11 seats won by the BJP in the last assembly elections, eight have been won by SP in the bye-elections

Press Trust of India Lucknow
Last Updated : Sep 16 2014 | 4:38 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh BJP today accepted its defeat in the bye-elections for 11 Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat in the state and said it would review the reasons behind it.

"The responsibility of defeat is mine and my team. The reasons behind the defeat will be reviewed. It has given us a lesson for the Vidhan Sabha polls," BJP state president Laxmi Kant Bajpai said.

Of the 11 seats won by the BJP in the last assembly elections, eight have been won by SP in the bye-elections.
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First Published: Sep 16 2014 | 4:35 PM IST

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