One year of Yogi govt: Bypoll debacle upsets Adityanath's applecart

The state government further failed to launch any major infrastructure project of its own, including the proposed Purvanchal Expressway

Since the day Yogi Adityanath was administered the oath of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister’s office on March 19, 2017, it had been a virtual dream run until his applecart was upset by the bypoll shocker in his pocket borough of Gorakhpur.

The bypoll defeat in Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary constituencies took the wind off the sail of the Adityanath government, which had been pompously gearing up for grandiose celebration to mark the first year in office.

The bitter aftertaste over the defeat at the hands of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) combine has understandably deflated the