Yogi’s roadshows failed to gain traction?

“If any Irfan Ansari wins here, how will Ram temple in Ayodhya be constructed?” Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath had asked in an election rally at Jamtara constituency of Jhakhand on December 17, the last led of Assembly elections in the state.

On Monday, when election results were declared, Congress candidate Irfan Ansari won the Jamtara seat for second time in a row. He defeated BJP candidate Birendra Mandal by more than 38,000 votes. In 2014 polls,

Ansari had defeated Mandal by 9,000 votes.

It was the Giridih constituency on December 13, where Yogi had urged voters, “Every family in

Jharkhand should contribute one brick and Rs 11 for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.”

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Sudivya Kumar has won this seat defeating BJP candidate by over 16,000 votes.

In Hussainabad seat, he campaigned for BJP supported candidate Vinod Singh telling them that they were all followers of Lord Rama. He also talked about Kashmir and Article 370 there. NCP man Kamlesh Kumar Singh has bagged this seat with the margin of 14,000 votes.

Similar were the results of Potka and Jugsalai UP CM had campaigned for. JMM candidate Sanjib

Sarkar won Potka with 55 percent voteshare trouncing the sitting legislator Menka Sarkar, and Jugsalai also won by JMM candidate Mangal Kalindi bagging about 40 percent votes.

Yogi had held over 11 rallies in Jharkhand in different phases as his “demand was high” for rallies in Jhakhand, BJP sources say.

However, Yogi’s hard work and commitment for the party didn’t help much in Jhakhand. His strike rate was still being calculated by the UP BJP.

Observers said issued raised by the Hindutva’s poster boy-Yogiprobably didn’t strike the chord with the Jhakhand voters.

BJP lost six Assembly seats where UP’s chief minister campaigned