Lucknow: Yogi Adityanath has aced his first electoral test after becoming Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, but his party BJP's sweep missed a tiny, but noticeable spot. The civic ward where he voted, at his home-base Gorakhpur, has elected an independent candidate.
Ward number 68, where the BJP has lost, is right opposite the Gorakhnath temple where Yogi Adityanath is head priest.
Independent candidate Nadira Khatoon has defeated the BJP's Maya Tripathi, her closest rival, by 422 votes.
The news is bleak from three of four seats around the Gorakhnath temple. Two seats have gone to independents and one to the Samajwadi Party, which was decimated by the BJP in state polls eight months ago.
But the saffron-robed Chief Minister has enough to celebrate across India's most populous state, with 14 of 16 municipal corporations going to the BJP.
Ward number 68, where the BJP has lost, is right opposite the Gorakhnath temple where Yogi Adityanath is head priest.
Independent candidate Nadira Khatoon has defeated the BJP's Maya Tripathi, her closest rival, by 422 votes.
The news is bleak from three of four seats around the Gorakhnath temple. Two seats have gone to independents and one to the Samajwadi Party, which was decimated by the BJP in state polls eight months ago.
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But the saffron-robed Chief Minister has enough to celebrate across India's most populous state, with 14 of 16 municipal corporations going to the BJP.
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