U.P. MLC poll results mark a defeat of BJP’s anti-education policies: Opposition leaders

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference at the party office, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Tuesday, October 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

With the Samajwadi party winning five of the 11 Legislative Council seats that went to the polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Opposition INDIA bloc said on Thursday that the outcome was a defeat of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s anti-teacher and anti-education policies. Despite massive administrative support for the BJP candidates, the results signify growing public discontent with the BJP government, Opposition leaders said.

“This is a double defeat of the double engine. The BJP’s defeat in the Legislative Council elections has set the stage for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to be held in 2027,” said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, in a post on X. “On the one hand, this represents a defeat for the BJP’s anti-teacher, anti-learner, and anti-education policies, while on the other, educated unemployed graduates have also declared their verdict. The way the BJP has victimised and humiliated every community has brought all the oppressed together. The PDA’s support base has now grown to 95 percent, because those who suffer are the PDA,” he said.