NEW DELHI:
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath won
Gorakhpur Urban
assembly seat by a huge margin of over one lakh votes against his nearest rival Subhawati Upendra Dutt Shukla of
Samajwadi Party.
Yogi Aditynath
got over 65 per cent of votes as ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (
BJP) heads towards a big win in Uttar Pradesh.
BJP workers were broke into celebrations as early trends show a clear lead for BJP. The excitement at the Uttar Pradesh BJP headquarters here was palpable with the party workers dancing to popular tunes and throwing gulal at each other as every round of counting of votes confirmed that the party was set to retain power in the state.
On the other hand, there was not much euphoria at the offices of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and other opposition parties.
Bulldozers -- real as well as miniature versions -- were at the centrestage of the celebrations at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office.
Enthusiastic party workers climbed atop a bulldozer and waved the BJP flag on the busy
Vidhan Sabha Marg
to celebrate the victory. Some of them were also seen dancing to popular tunes.
At the BJP office, which is located across the road, opposite to the
Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Bhavan
, the festival of Holi arrived early with the party workers throwing saffron gulal in the air and on each other.
As per the latest trends, BJP was leading on over 266 seats, followed by SP (132 seats), while Congress and BSP were leading on 1 and two seats respectively.
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