JAIPUR: Narendra Modi led ruling BJP faces a big setback as the oppositionparty The Congress on Thursday swept Rajasthan bypolls winning the Ajmerand Alwar Lok Sabha seats and Mandalgarh Assembly seats by massive margins.

By evening, Vasundhara-led BJP government conceded defeat. Taking toTwitter, the state chief minister wrote in Hindi that she accepts people’sverdict and party cadets need to work hard.

Congress candidate Vivek Dhakar won Mandalgarh Assembly seat while partyleaders Dr. Karan Singh Yadav and Raghu Sharma are set to win Alwar andAjmer Lok Sabha seats respectively.

The results of by-polls has come has a major jolt to Vasundhara Raje-ledBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, which is eyeing asecond term in the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled to be held laterthis year.

Meanwhile, Congress candidate Rahul Gandhilink>alsotook Twitter:

Calling results are a precursor to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, formerChief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a series of tweet congratulated partymembers.

The voting for the seats was held on Monday, January 29, 2018. A total of42 candidates in fray for three seats in Rajasthan. The by-elections on allthe three Rajasthan seats were necessitated after the sudden death of BJPMPs Sanwarlal Jat from Ajmer, Mahant Chand Nath Yogi from Alwar, and MLAKirti Kumari from Mandalgarh.