In the by-election held at Bageshwar assembly seat of uttarakhand, bjp candidate Parvati Das has defeated
Congress’s Basant Kumar. Parvati Das defeated the congress leader by a margin of 2810 votes. By-elections
on this seat of Kumaon division were held on september 5, in which 55.44 percent voting took place. bjp has
been winning this assembly seat for two decades.
By-election was held on this vacant seat due to the death of bharatiya janata party (BJP) mla Chandan Ram
Das, who was the Transport minister in the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami cabinet, due to illness in
April this year. A total of five candidates were trying their luck in the by-election, but the main contest was
between the ruling party bjp and the opposition party Congress.
Giving ticket to a turncoat proved costly for Congress
bjp fielded Parvati Das, wife of Chandan ram Das, while congress fielded Basant Kumar against her. Kumar
had contested the last assembly elections in 2022 on aam aadmi party (AAP) ticket and had left AAP and
joined congress just before the by-elections. Apart from bjp and congress, Samajwadi party, Uttarakhand
Kranti Dal and uttarakhand Parivartan party also fielded their candidates. However, giving ticket to the
turncoat proved costly for the Congress.
Counting of votes in Bageshwar by-election started at 8 am. In the first round, congress candidate Basant
Kumar was leading by 754 votes. After which Parvati Devi went ahead of Basant Kumar in the second round.
And in the third round, bjp was one vote ahead of the congress candidate. After this Parvati Das did not look
back and gradually made a decisive lead and won the election. This is a big relief for the ruling bjp in the
state before the 2024 elections.
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