Lucknow, Oct. 29 -- Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav launched a scathing attack on the BJP's defeat in the Legislative Council elections in Varanasi.

In a post on his social media account on Thursday, Yadav called the BJP a "flop show."He said that the MLC election results have set the stage for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to be held in 2027.

Yadav termed the MLC results as a mandate against the BJP's policies related to education and teachers.

Referring to the vote counting in Varanasi, Akhilesh Yadav said that the BJP lost first in the counting and then in the recount.

He called it a "double defeat for the double engine."He said that the educated, unemployed graduates and young people worried about their futu...