In Madhya Pradesh, Congress Wins Damoh Bypoll But Covid Takes Its Toll

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA and former minister Brijendra Singh Rathore died while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a private hospital in Bhopal

It seems the rapid surge in COVID-19 cases is taking its toll on the BJP and the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, where the ruling party's Rahul Singh lost the Damoh bypoll to the Congress' Ajay Kumar Tandon by over 15,000 votes. Rapid surge in #COVID cases taking its toll on the political prospects of the @BJP4India Rahul Singh lost the Damoh bypoll to the Congress' Ajay Tandon but party in charge former minister Brijendra Singh Rathore died, Mandvi Chouhan died, 100 leaders infected pic.twitter.com/G8KG2Abfvl दमोह के विधानसभा उपचुनाव में जीत की ओर अग्रसर कांग्रेस के उम्मीदवार अजय टंडन जी को शुभकामनाएँ ।हम जीते नहीं पर सीखे बहुत ?! Rahul Singh, a first-time MLA from the Congress, switched to the BJP in October last year. That was shortly before bypolls to the 28 seats left vacant by MLAs whose Congress-BJP jump led to the fall of the Kamal Nath government. In this bypoll though, the BJP never went ahead in any round of counting. In fact, it even trailed - perhaps for the first time in decades - in the urban ward that is home to the family of all-powerful former Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya.