New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Bypolls were held in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu this week with the results set to be declared on February 8. The Milkipur seat - part of the politically significant Ayodhya district - has turned into a prestige battle between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP. Meanwhile the DMK is expected to cruise through the Erode East bypoll with most Opposition party boycotting the election.

Polling for Milkipur in UP was necessitated after SP leader Awadhesh Prasad vacated the seat on winning the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Faizabad. The BJP sees the bypoll as a chance to avenge this loss and gain fresh ground in the state. It is pertinent to note that Milkipur was the only assembly seat that the BJP lost within Ayodhya distr...