BJP loses Varanasi teachers’ seat as UP MLC counting reshapes contest across 11 seats

The counting of votes for 11 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats entered a crucial stage on Tuesday, with results beginning to expose a mixed picture for the BJP. The most notable result came from Varanasi, where Samajwadi Party candidate Lal Bihari Yadav defeated BJP’s Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra in the teachers’ const...