Congress scores in Karnataka, Gujarat; routed in AP

The Congress won two morale-boosting victories in a string of bypolls, results for which came in on Wednesday: it snatched a Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka — taking its strength in the Lower House up to 207 — and an Assembly seat in Gujarat, both of which have been held by its principal national rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, for the last 15 years. For the BJP, which is in power in both States, these two defeats don't augur well , especially as Assembly elections are due in Gujarat later this year and in Karnataka in 2013. 

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