Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the BJP won the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll. He said the result showed a shift in voter support in a seat the Congress had won by more than two lakh votes in 2024.
BJP’s Devasish Sharma defeated his nearest rival AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal by 1,42,224 votes in the bypoll, the Election Commission said.
“We have won Nagaon with more than one lakh votes. Today, they have been rejected. “We have not only increased our vote share and reduced theirs, but we have also defeated Ajmal. This is a crushing defeat for Rahul Gandhi.
This is a seat that the Congress had won by over two lakh votes in 2024. BJP’s Devasish Sharma defeated his nearest rival AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal by 1,42,224 votes in the bypoll, the Election Commission said. Sharma, a former IAS officer, polled 7,14,349 votes, while Ajmal, the Binnakandi legislator, received 5,72,125 votes. Former Congress MLA Sibamoni Bora finished a distant third with 1,29,492 votes, according to data available on the poll body website.
Rahul Gandhi has been rejected,” Sarma said. Referring to Nagaon’s sizeable religious minority electorate, Sarma said the result was a setback for both the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), led by Badruddin Ajmal. We have reminded him that he is not beyond the nation,” the chief minister said.
