Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said the MLC poll results reflected the mandate of educated voters, after the SP defeated the BJP in the Varanasi and Lucknow Graduates'. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate points out that Varanasi is PM Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency, Patna is BJP president Nitin Nabin’s home turf, and Nagpur is a stronghold of Maharashtra.