Shatrughan Sinha continues to dig at BJP over UP by-poll defeats

Sinha took to Twitter to say, "In the bye elections at Phulpur, which was the constituency of one of the Dy CMs of UP, the self-claimed winning margin of "more than one lakh" - turned into a losing margin of nearly one lakh. Great perception of the ground reality & mood of common public!! Vijay UP, Jai Hind!"

The BJP had lost both Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary constituencies, which were earlier considered as the bastions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

The alliance between Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) and Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had snatched both the seats from the saffron brigade.

In both the seats, the SP had contested the by-polls with the backing of the BSP.

Post by-poll result, Sinha, in a similar manner, used the tool of social media to hit out at the BJP.

Earlier he said in a tweet, ".....I have been repeatedly saying that arrogance, short temper or overconfidence are the biggest killers in democratic politics, whether it comes from Trump, Mitron or opposition leaders.... Jai Hind!"

The BJP and its allies had registered a landslide victory in UP in 2017 by bagging 325 seats in 403-member Assembly.

Sinha has earlier also made the BJP uncomfortable by his comments.

He is an MP from Patna Sahib constituency of Bihar.