BJP president Nabin Promises Review of Bankipur, Datia Bypoll Results

BJP president Nitin Nabin accepted the people's mandate in three assembly bypolls, saying the party will conduct a "thorough introspection" of the election results in Bankipur and Datia seats in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh respectively and work tirelessly to further strengthen their trust with renewed energy. 

This came after the BJP faced embarrassing defeats in assembly bypolls in Bankipur of Bihar, where Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor wrested the seat vacated by the ruling party chief Nitin Nabin. The saffron party also



suffered defeat in Madhya Pradesh's Datia assembly seat.

In Gujarat, the BJP retained the Manjalpur assembly seat in Vadodara district, with its candidate Satish Govindbhai Patel defeating his Congress challenger and former minister Bhikhabhai Rabari by 30,630 votes.

Bankipur assembly seat in Bihar was last held by Nabin before he resigned as an MLA to take up the national role, thus necessitating the byelection. In a post on X late Monday, Nabin said, "We accept the mandate received in today's three assembly by-elections.