Modi mocks Congress after it wins no MLC seats

Congress won none of the 12 seats it contested in ballot-paper elections for 28 Legislative Council constituencies across Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mock the party’s result. Modi wrote on X that the elections had been held using ballot papers and asked how many seats Congress had won. The contests were held on October 23, with counting beginning on October 27. The results were reported by October 28. The overall tally does not mean Congress contested every constituency: the party fielded candidates in 12 of the 28 seats and did not contest in Uttar Pradesh. In Karnataka, where Congress governs, it lost all four seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party retained three there, while its ally Janata Dal (Secular) won one. In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP won four seats and the Samajwadi Party won two. In Bihar, the Jan Suraaj Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal and BJP each won one seat, while an independent candidate also won one. In Maharashtra, the reports described the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar faction as ahead in two seats; final results for all constituencies were not included in those accounts. The elections were...