New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that the bypolls in Bankipur and Datia were fair, and the BJP lost because it did not indulge in "foul play."

Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Akhilesh Yadav said that the BJP wanted to test "resentment among the public."

Congratulating the Congress for the win in Datia, the Samajwadi Party leader said that the party cadres in Madhya Pradesh extended support to the INDIA bloc ally.

He said, "This is the return gift to the BJP for the last 12 years. If they contested like in Bengal and would have used force, it would not have lost. Without using police force, without tampering with the EVM, they wanted to witness how much resentment is there among the ...