Election mismanagement led to the party's defeat in Dantewada
As per the early trends, Congress candidate Devti Karma was leading by a margin of 6,108 votes (total 18,505 votes) in the Dantewada assembly bypoll against her closest rival
The bypoll for the ST constituency was necessitated following the death of BJP legislator Bhima Mandavi in a naxal attack in April this year
In the last few years, rebels blew up 86 schools and ashrams in the area. The violence left nearly 22,000 children out of school