The BJP looks set for heavy losses in the bellwether northern state of Uttar PradeshA person carries a cutout of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ahead of his election campaign rally, in Ayodhya, India, May 5, 2024. REUTERS/Francis MascarenhasA person carries a cutout of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ahead of his election campaign rally, in Ayodhya, India, May 5, 2024. "There must have been some reason that we couldn't win in the Ayodhya parliamentary region." Faizabad constituency elected Singh twice to the parliament, in 2014 and 2019, when Modi's party swept 71 and 62 seats in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. "We are very happy with the temple but people were fed up with the BJP," said Rakesh Yadav, the chairperson of the Ayodhya Vyapar Mandal, a traders body.
