BJP bites dust in Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls
Lucknow: In a major setback, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath conceded defeat in by-elections for the Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliament seats, saying the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) paid for its overconfidence.
“We accept the verdict of the people, this result is unexpected, we will review the shortcomings. I congratulate the winning candidates,” news agency ANI quoted Adityanath as saying in Lucknow.
The defeat is stinging for the BJP because Gorakhpur was Adityanath’s Lok Sabha constituency before he became chief minister. Phulpur was formerly held by his deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
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Woman sustains burns after live electric wire falls on her in Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Dec 23: A woman sustained burn injuries after an overhead live wire snapped and fell on her in the district headquarters town of Kalaburagi on Monday.
The woman has been admitted to a private hospital with injuries to her hands, legs and stomach.
According to police, the electric wire fell on the school bus carrying intellectually disabled children and then landed on the woman.
The incident comes close on the heels of a 14-year-old boy dying of electrocution in the town on December 13.
