Why BJP Lost Ayodhya Despite Ram Mandir? ‘Local Anger’ Top Reason

Faizabad Lok Sabha Result: BJP lost the Ayodhya constituency despite building the Ram Temple. The defeat left many stunned and has sparked widespread speculation regarding the underlying reasons.

File photo of a BJP supporter showing an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his roadshow for Lok Sabha elections in Ayodhya in May 2024. ( Image Source :PTI )

Ayodhya: It’s an electoral defeat that has left the world stunned. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) significantly lost the Faizabad constituency, home to the holy city of Ayodhya, in the Lok Sabha elections held just a couple of months after it completed the monumental task of building the Ram Temple. The Ram Mandir movement was the BJP’s biggest campaign that first catapulted it to power.  Sitting MP Lallu Singh of the BJP lost to Samajwadi Party candidate Awadhesh Prasad, a