The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) smarting from its defeat in the Delhi Assembly elections, spang a surprise by winning two of the five seats in the Assembly by-elections held in four states while the BJP, Congress and TMC won one seat each.
"A few people used to say that Arvind Kejriwal would be sidelined in national politics; this is a terrific bounce back," said AAP Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj.
The bypolls were held in five constituencies - Kadi and Visavadar in Gujarat, Nilambur in Kerala, Ludhiana West in Punjab, and Kaliganj in West Bengal on June 19.
Italia got 45,424 votes with a 28.2 per cent vote share while, BJP's Moradiya secured 96,469 votes with a vote percentage of over 50 per cent.
"Gopal Italia made casteist remarks that Gujarat and the country will not tolerate. Mother is a mother whosoever's mother she is," said Baghel.
Delhi Police on Thursday released AAP Gujarat chief Gopal Italia, three hours after he was detained. He was detained in a connection with a video where he was purportedly seen using derogatory language for Prime Minister Narendra Modi
