"People have rejected "dictatorial' govt...,": Supriya Sule on bypolls results

Sep 09, 2023

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 9 : Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Supriya Sule on Saturday said that people have rejected the "dictatorial" government (at the Centre) after the results of bypolls to seven seats across the country.
"I welcome it. I'm not surprised at all. It shows inflation, price rise, and complete failure of the Government are evident in these results. People have rejected the dictatorial government sitting in Delhi (centre)," Supriya Sule said. 
"People want a free, beautiful, liberal, modern and developed India which is free from price rise and all these challenges which India is facing today," she said. 
She further stated, "I have a belief that we will get justice from the Election Commission."
Samajwadi Party won the Ghosi seat in Uttar Pradesh with the parties opposed to BJP winning four of the seven assembly seats for which bypolls were held on September 5. BJP won three seats in the results declared on Friday.
The bypolls in six states were significant in terms of opposition parties forging the INDIA bloc to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and also for atmospherics ahead of assembly polls in five states later this year. Leaders of the INDIA bloc including Mamata Banerjee talked about their success in bypolls.
Opposition parties put up a united front in Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh and Dumri in Jharkhand while it was virtually a direct contest between the BJP and Congress in the Bageshwar seat in Uttarakhand.
BJP won Dhanpur and Boxanagar in Tripura and Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won Dumri, Congress won Puthuppally in Kerala and the ruling Trinamool Congress won Dhugpuri in West Bengal.