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UP Rajya Sabha Polls: In Setback for BSP, BJP Wins 9 of 10 Seats

SP candidate Jaya Bachchan emerged victorious on the tenth seat.

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Cross-Voting Not Possible: SP

The Samajwadi Party (SP) is confident of the victory of its candidate Jaya Bachchan and BSP candidate Bhimrao Ambedkar. “This is a Rajya Sabha election, you cannot hide and vote. So cross-voting should not be expected. Those who are with us are with us and we are confident of our people. Shivpal Yadav Ji and Raja Bhaiyya, both of them are with us,” SP MLC Sunil Singh Sajan told News18.

(With PTI and ANI inputs)

12:10 AM , 24 Mar

BJP Doesn't Use Cheap Tricks: UP Dty CM

Responding to the BSP’s claims of sabotage, the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the party doesn’t stoop to ‘cheap’ tricks in order to win elections.

The BJP doesn’t use such cheap tricks to win elections. The BSP should see and introspect that the party that supported them, actually betrayed them at the end.
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11:55 PM , 23 Mar

'Delighted With the Results': BJP's Anil Agarwal

The BJP’s winning candidate Anil Agarwal expressed his gratitude and delight at having cliched a Rajya Sabha seat from the state.

Speaking to ANI, he said:

I want to thank PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and CM Yogi Adityanath. I feel elated that I could do what they expected from me. We all are really delighted with the results.
11:35 PM , 23 Mar

BSP Calls 'Sabotage' in RS Polls

Senior BSP leader Satish Mishra alleged that the BJP had won the elections by using all its “money power and state powers”.

Speaking to ANI, Mishra said:

BJP used all its money power and their state powers in the voting. They did not let two of our people vote. They were not allowed to come out of the jail, even when they had the orders from the court and the Election Commission.
Satish Mishra, BSP leader
11:05 PM , 23 Mar

PM Modi Congratulates All Winning Candidates

PM Modi congratulated all the winning candidates on Twitter.

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Published: 22 Mar 2018, 8:46 PM IST
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