Governance
Modi: 'Guess How Many Seats Congress Won?' Ask Nagpur
The Take
PM Modi asked on X, about the MLC results: "Guess how many seats Congress won?" The BJP did win big across the four states. But the SP took the teachers' seat in Varanasi, his own constituency. And Congress won the graduates' seat in Nagpur, Fadnavis's hometown and home of the RSS headquarters.
The Wire
PM Narendra Modi posted on X on 28 October about MLC polls in 28 seats across four states: "Guess how many seats Congress won?" The SP won the Varanasi teachers' seat. Congress's Abhijeet Wanjari won the Nagpur graduates' seat by 3,271 votes, PTI reported.
Why it matters
The Prime Minister mocked the Congress's tally; two of the seats his side lost were in his own constituency and in the RSS's home city.
The receipts
Source: ETV Bharat