Dara Singh Chauhan’s defeat in Ghosi signals voters’ wrath on turncoats in U.P.

The defeat of BJP candidate Dara Singh Chauhan, a known party-hopper, in the just-concluded Ghosi byelection, points to a trend of turncoats losing elections in Uttar Pradesh after switching sides.

He also became the third Minister from the first Yogi Adityanath government (2017-2022) to lose elections after changing sides since the 2022 Assembly election. Dharam Singh Saini and Swami Prasad Maurya, who had joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) along with Mr. Chauhan before the 2022 Assembly election, too had bit the dust subsequently, signalling that voters aren’t always kind on defectors.

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