More than a year after the BJP saw its Lok Sabha seat tally in Rajasthan drop by 10 to 14, an Assembly bypoll loss has led to murmurs within the ruling party. However, even as the party deals with the disquiet caused by the loss in Anta in Baran district, the BJP’s Rajasthan in-charge Radha Mohan Das Agrawal claimed that the party could have won the by-election “galat tareeke se (through unfair means)” if it wanted, but did not do so as it “believes in democracy”. The remarks drew an immediate backlash from the Congress.

Following the loss in Anta, seven-time BJP MLA Pratap Singh Singhvi alleged that the party had ignored him during campaigning even though his constituency, Chhabra, is also in Baran. Ahead of polling, Singhvi wrote to BJP president and Union Minister J P Nadda, complainin

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