BJP defeat in bypoll means the beginning of change, says Akhilesh on Bihar, M.P. results
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has interpreted recent by-election losses for the BJP as a sign of shifting political tides in India. He attributed the results to public dissatisfaction with issues like corruption, inflation, and unemployment.
Why it matters
The results suggest potential vulnerability for the ruling BJP in key states, signaling a possible shift in the Indian political landscape.
Reacting to the Assembly byelection results, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday (August 3, 2026) said the result pointed to the beginning of change. He added that the public anger was so strong that the BJP could not even retain its safest seat.
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“Those who boasted of making God dance have been made to dance by God himself. This is a combined result of the unity of the youth and the anger of their parents because of vote theft, paper theft, offerings and donations stolen, job stealing, reservation theft, atrocities on PDA, Gross corruption, the Impact of Inflation, attacking the nation’s Gen Z in every way. In all these ways, BJP has betrayed the trust and faith of the people,” he said in a post on X.
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