Bastar: AAP candidate Soni Sori fails to hold sway over voters

BJP state spokesperson Rasik Parmar feels different issues influence the winning factor in both Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha seats and they were well aware that people would not accept Sori, who had earlier been arrested on charges of acting as a Naxal conduit.

"The issues were different in this election as compared to last year's assembly polls. Both the name of Modi ji and work of Chief Minister Raman Singh orchestrated BJP's sounding win in the general elections," Parmar told PTI.

"We were already aware of the fact that people of Bastar will not accept Sori. We were confident of our victory in Bastar Lok Sabha seat," he said.

Sori tried to attract tribal voters by issuing her manifesto on a stamp paper, but looked completely out of the race as she got only 16,903 votes and stood in the fourth position.