The opposition leaders made remarks in response to PM Narendra Modi's tweet on the recently held MLC elections across four states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. BJP lost in its bastions of Varanasi and Nagpur in the election held using ballot papers.
The BJP and its NDA allies won 16 of the 28 seats in the legislative council elections, while the Congress won one, and the Samajwadi Party bagged five seats in Uttar Pradesh, including two in Varanasi.