Varanasi, Nov. 3 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday thanked voters in the teachers' and graduates' constituencies after party candidates Ashutosh Sinha and Lal Bihari Yadav won, describing the results as a "double defeat" for those who had repeatedly spoken about a "double-engine government".

Speaking in Varanasi, Yadav said the party was grateful to voters for their support and credited the victories to the blessings of Baba Vishwanath.

"I would like to thank all the voters in the teachers' and graduates' constituencies and express my gratitude to them. Baba Vishwanath has blessed us twice. With his blessings, Ashutosh Sinha and Lal Bihari Yadav have both won," he said.

The SP chief said the party was not arrogant abou...