Lucknow, Oct. 29 -- Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Pankaj Chaudhary on Thursday took a sharp swipe at the Congress following the party's clean sweep in the Legislative Council (MLC) elections, stating that the Congress drawing a blank is a clear mandate from the educated electorate for a "Congress-mukt Bharat" (Congress-free India).

Addressing reporters here, Chaudhary emphasised that the decisive voting pattern in the MLC polls delivered an unmistakable political message, asserting that the educated voters across the country have rejected the Congress and reaffirmed their trust in the BJP's governance model.

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