LUCKNOW/AGRA, Feb. 9 -- A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured victories in the Delhi Assembly elections and the Milkipur bypoll, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav asserted that these results would further strengthen the INDIA bloc. The SP had backed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi, where AAP secured 22 seats.

Speaking to the press in Agra on Sunday, he said, "The INDIA alliance will strengthen further, and learning from defeat paves the way for the future."

Commenting on the Milkipur bypoll, Akhilesh dismissed claims that the BJP's victory in the Milkipur bypoll was a "revenge" for its defeat in Ayodhya. He asserted that a loss in Ayodhya will always remain a loss and cannot be "compensated" by a win elsewhere....