BJP workers celebrating in Varanasi – Photo: Amar Ujala Expansion With a landslide victory, the BJP has formed a government with absolute majority in Varanasi. Mayor candidate Ashok Tiwari defeated OP Singh of SP by a record margin of 1,33,137 votes. Before this, no candidate for the post of Mayor has won the election with such a big margin. In the BJP’s bastion, the opposition’s face has been cleared. The deposits of the mayoral candidates of Congress, BSP and Aam Aadmi Party were forfeited. Not a single councilor candidate of…
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