Eleventh bypoll loss for #BJP

New Delhi, May 4: The BJP has lost its 11th Assembly by-election in Uttar Pradesh since winning 73 of the state’s 80 Lok Sabha seats last year. The party, which won Pharenda in the 2012 state elections, finished third after the ruling Samajwadi Party and the Congress in the April 30 bypoll.

The Uttar Pradesh BJP’s working committee will meet in Ghaziabad on May 10, 11 and 12. Shah and Union minister Nitin Gadkari will address the meeting on the last day.