VARANASI: The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) on Tuesday misplaced the important thing Varanasi seat whereas registering a convincing victory, profitable 33 of 36 seats, within the elections to the UP legislative council.
The occasion has failed in ending the monopoly of jailed mafia don Brijesh Singh's household on this seat as his spouse Annapurna Singh received in a one-sided contest to develop into MLC for the second time.
Don Brijesh's spouse secured 4,234 votes to defeat Samaj Wadi Social gathering's Umesh Yadav, who bagged 345 votes.
In Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency, BJP candidate Sudama Patel stood in third place with 170 votes solely.
The household of Brijesh is sustaining a monopoly on this seat since 1998.
(An earlier model of this story was titled: 'BJP fails in ending don Brijesh Singh's household at Varanasi seat'. The headline ought to have learn "monopoly of don Brijesh Singh's household." We sincerely remorse the inadvertent error.)