DEHRA DUN: The ruling BJP today got a majority in the Uttarakhand assembly when it won the Vikasnagar seat in a by-election, taking its tally to 36 in the 70-member House.
Kuldip Kumar defeated his nearest Congress rival Nav Prabhat by 596 votes in the bypoll. While, Kumar got 24,934 votes, Prabhat polled 24,338 votes.
BJP's victory assumes significance especially after it lost all the five seats in the recent Lok Sabha elections that forced B C Khanduri to quit the post of Chief Minister.
At the same time, the victory in the bypoll has added a feather in the cap of Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, for whom the by-election was considered an acid test after he took over the reins of the state.
BJP also enjoys the support of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal MLAs.
TOI
Kuldip Kumar defeated his nearest Congress rival Nav Prabhat by 596 votes in the bypoll. While, Kumar got 24,934 votes, Prabhat polled 24,338 votes.
BJP's victory assumes significance especially after it lost all the five seats in the recent Lok Sabha elections that forced B C Khanduri to quit the post of Chief Minister.
At the same time, the victory in the bypoll has added a feather in the cap of Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, for whom the by-election was considered an acid test after he took over the reins of the state.
BJP also enjoys the support of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal MLAs.
TOI
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