UP bypolls: BJP won seven assembly seats

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh has doubled its vote percentage even though it failed to win a single seat in bypolls in 11 seats. The Election Commission said that the Congress got 11.6 per cent of votes. The UP Congress has just ended its three-day workshop in Rae Bareli. The party is devising a strategy to take on the BJP. Priyanka Gandhi has advised its office bearers to gear up for a street fight to counter the BJP government in the state. 

While BJP won seven assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh's by-poll and its ally Apna Dal won one seat