Bypoll results bring mixed bag for BJP, warning bells over Himachal Pradesh loss
The Hindu
This year saw a procession of BJP Chief Ministers make their way to various Raj Bhawans to tender their resignations.
Bypoll results on Tuesday brought mixed results for the BJP, with a victorious sweep of all five Assembly seats in Assam, to the worrying trend of loss in Himachal Pradesh where BJP lost all three Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat in the fray. Questions on whether the losses were all about intra party factionalism or the effect of high prices of fuel and edible oils are also being raised.
Party leaders countered the argument that the BJP lost in Himachal Pradesh due to high cost of fuel and edible oil, to point to the narrowing of the lead of Abhay Singh Chautala by the BJP in Ellenabad in Haryana (the epicentre of the farmers protest) from 12,000 votes to just over 6000 votes.