New Delhi [India]: Congratulating party workers from Uttar Pradesh for fighting a good fight in the Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday said her party workers and the people of the state have given a clear message to the entire country. That public issues are "paramount".

The Congress contested the Lok Sabha elections on the 63:17 formula in alliance with the Samajwadi Party and won seven of the 17 seats allotted in its quota.

In a post on Twitter, the Congress general secretary said, “My salute to all my colleagues of UP Congress. I saw you working hard in the sun and dust, you did not give up, did not stop, showed the courage to fight.'' ''The toughest time.You were tortured, false cases were registered against you, you were put in jail.'' You were put in jail again and again, but you were not afraid, many leaders left in fear, but you stood firm.

He said, "I am proud of you and the conscious people of UP. You gave a strong message to the whole of India to save our Constitution."

Priyanka Gandhi further said that the old ideals of politics have been re-established in this Lok Sabha election.

Gandhi said, “You have reestablished an old ideal in today's politics – that the issues of the people are paramount, and the price of ignoring them is heavy.''Elections belong to the people, people fight and people win,'' he said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dropped from 63 to 33 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief and state cabinet minister Om Prakash Rajbhar claimed that the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress "misled". , The public is saying that the Constitution is in danger.'' SP and Congress have repeatedly misled the public by saying that the Constitution is in danger.Due to which we had to suffer losses.” State”, Rajbhar said. In a major setback for the BJP, it got only 33 seats against 63 in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, with a vote share of 41.37 per cent. The seats where BJP's defeat was seen the most include Faizabad, Amethi and Rae Bareli. At the same time, Samajwadi Party won 37 seats on its own, which is a symbol of massive improvement in the state.SP's vote share was 33.59 percent.

The BJP's victory tally was much lower than the 303 seats it won in 2019 and the 282 seats it won in 2014. Congress, on the other hand, registered strong growth, winning 99 seats compared to 52 and 44 in 2019.