June 4, 2024
India’s BJP concedes defeat in Ayodhya, where Modi opened the grand Ram temple
NEW DELHI: India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party conceded defeat on Tuesday in a constituency where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inauguration of a grand Hindu temple a few months ago was seen as an event that would cement his legacy and the party’s election victory. The BJP looks set for heavy losses in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, with the party and the opposition Samajwadi Congress leading in more than half of its 80 seats, including the town of Ayodhya in the Faizabad constituency where Modi inaugurated the temple in January . The inauguration of the temple dedicated to the


