Promising to review the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) defeat in Kairana Lok Sabha bypoll, Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey, on 31 May, said that the "politics of fatwa" devoid of any principles has temporarily overpowered the politics of development.
Pandey said the BJP will review its performance in the Kairana bypoll to ascertain "what went wrong" for the party.
The BJP was defeated in the by-elections by the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). The RLD was supported by the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress.
"Politics of fatwa, casteism and politics devoid of any principles temporarily overpowered politics of development," Pandey said in a statement issued in Lucknow.
Though the local equations were challenging, we defeated the so-called gathbandhan candidate in two assembly segments (of the Lok Sabha constituency), but what went wrong in three other assembly segments will be grossly reviewed.Mahendra Nath Pandey, Uttar Pradesh BJP chief
He said the defeat in the Noorpur Assembly bypoll will also be reviewed and a strategy will be formed accordingly.
"The BJP indulges in positive politics pertaining to development and farmer welfare, while the opposition resorts to politics of falsehood and negativity. Lies and politics of fatwa will not last long. And in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, people of the country will re-elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Pandey said.
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