Ayodhya, Feb. 8 -- Bharatiya Janata Party registered a major victory in the battle of 'prestige' in Milkipur Assembly bypolls as its candidate Chandrabhanu Paswan defeated Samajwadi Party's Ajit Prasad by a thumping margin 61,710 votes.

The Milkipur bypoll was necessitated after local MLA Awadhesh Prasad vacated the seat following his win in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Faizabad, that also includes the Ayodhya assembly segment.The BJP has lost the Faizabad within five months of the consecration of Ram Temple.

The SP has fielded Prasad's son in the bypoll, who got just 84,687 votes, over 60,000 less than Paswan's 1,46,397.

Following BJP's triumphing win in the bypolls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath targeted SP and said that the result...