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This is an archive article published on September 11, 2023
BJP panel to go to Ghosi, assess cause of defeat in bypoll
The party will soon send a team of leaders to Ghosi that will speak to local party workers, members of the party's local election and campaign management teams and functionaries of the Mau district unit.
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Dara Singh Chauhan lost in Ghosi by 42,759 votes. File
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BJP panel to go to Ghosi, assess cause of defeat in bypoll
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FACING QUESTIONS over its choice of candidate for the Ghosi bypoll in which the ruling BJP tasted defeat against Samajwadi Party (SP), the BJP leadership has decided to compile a report from “ground zero” of the Ghosi Assembly constituency about the factors that led to the party’s loss, sources said on Sunday.
The party will soon send a team of leaders to Ghosi that will speak to local party workers, members of the party’s local election and campaign management teams and functionaries of the Mau district unit.
The team would submit its report to the party headquarters, sources said.
In the Ghosi bypoll, SP candidate Sudhakar Singh retained the seat for his party by defeating the BJP nominee Dara Singh Chauhan by a margin of 42,759 votes. The results were announced on Friday.
Sources said the BJP committee would speak to leaders of different castes and communities – such as upper castes and Dalits – to find out why the SP got more votes than the BJP despite a rigorous campaign by the ruling party and its ministers.
The BJP’s state president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary confirmed to The Indian Express on Sunday that a committee of party leaders would soon visit Ghosi.
When asked whether the party was aware about discontent among local party workers and the public in Ghosi regarding the BJP candidate Dara Singh Chauhan, Chaudhary said, “All the things will not become clear until we go to ground zero.”
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