Twitterati have a field day mocking Opposition after BJP sweeps UP civic polls

In what comes as a major boost to the BJP ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, the saffron party today swept the Uttar Pradesh civic polls.

In the polls which were being dubbed as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's first electoral test, the BJP bagged several prestigious mayoral seats including Ayodhya, Varanasi, Lucknow, Gorakhpur and was leading in several others.

Of the BJP 16 mayoral seats results of which were declared, the Bharatiya Janata Party (​BJP) scored win in 14 seats. Thew BSP, which fought the civic polls on its symbol after 17 years, won two seats.

The Congress faced a humiliating defeat Amethi, a bastion of  the Lok Sabha constituency of its vice president Rahul Gandhi. The Congress lost in Jais and Gauriganj where Nagar Palika polls were held. In Amethi and Musafirkhana, where Nagar Panchayat polls were held, the party had not fielded candidates.

While the top BJP leaders took to Twitter to congratulate Yogi and other state level functionaries of the party, there was somewhat a silence on the Opposition side.

The results gave another day to twitterati to mock the Opposition leaders. 

Here are some of the reactions on micro-blogging site after the UP civic poll results:

Hacks, pls use this to counter #UPCivicPolls2017 results
1 EVM rigged
2 Communal politics
3 Mahaul says BJP lost
4 Fear tactics of BJP
5 EVM rigged
6 What about 2002
7 Civic polls are on local issues
8 Rahul ji didnt campaign
9 Lower voteshare so BJP actually lost
10 EVM rigged

— India in Emergency (@IdeaofEmergency) 1 December 2017

UP congress after watching #UPCivicPolls2017 results pic.twitter.com/4iKyfOPjPh

— Prashant Raj (@iBunty_) 1 December 2017

ABVP lost Gujarat Central University poll because of Demonetization, GST & Hitler Modi. Thanks to Rahul Gandhi.

BJP winning #UPCivicPolls2017 .. EVMs are Tampered by Modi

— Farrago Abdullah (@abdullah_0mar) 1 December 2017

विकास की इस देश में फिर एक बार जीत हुई। उत्तर प्रदेश निकाय चुनावों में भव्य जीत के लिए प्रदेश की जनता को बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद। मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ जी और पार्टी के सभी कार्यकर्ताओं को ढेरों शुभकामनाएं। यह जीत हमें जन कल्याण की दिशा में और अधिक मेहनत करने के लिए प्रेरित करेगी।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1 December 2017

आज उत्तर प्रदेश के स्थानीय निकाय चुनावों में गांधी परिवार के लोकसभा क्षेत्र अमेठी और रायबरेली में भी कांग्रेस का सूपड़ा साफ़ हो गया है।
गुजरात में कांग्रेस के नेता कहते हैं कि कांग्रेस आवे छे, आवे छे जबकि अमेठी-रायबरेली की जनता कहती है कि कांग्रेस जावे छे, जावे छे। pic.twitter.com/QHDbhcyL10

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) 1 December 2017

Congratulations to people of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister @myogiadityanath ji, & BJP Karyakartas @BJP4UP on an emphatic victory and clean sweep by the BJP in the #UPCivicPolls2017 The resounding BJP victory is reiteration of our commitment for honest, clean & peoples' governance

— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) 1 December 2017