Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s opposition parties, the BJD and the Congress, Monday said the BJP’s defeat in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll in Bihar reflects the mood of the nation, even as the ruling party termed the result a “stray incident”. “The BJP’s defeat in Bihar’s Bankipur bypoll, which was represented by its president Nitin Navin and his family for more than three decades, reflects the mood of the nation,” BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty said. Asserting that the people’s mandate was supreme, he said the BJP should accept the defeat gracefully and introspect. Jena said that the students’ agitation at Delhi and elsewhere had its impact on the bypoll result. The BJP leader, however, said his party will certainly analyse the reasons for its defeat in the Bankipur bypoll.