Gujarat Local Body Polls: Seven Key Takeaways From BJPâs Stunning Electoral Triumph
by Venu Gopal Narayanan - Mar 2, 2021 08:49 AM
From the Gujarat BJP Twitter handle
Snapshot
For one, the Patels of Gujarat have announced loudly, that they are back where they belong â with the BJP.
As results of the local
panchayat elections start pouring out in Gujarat, the verdict is the same in ward after ward, village after village, taluka after taluka, and district after district: a massive, majestic sweep by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
It is a mirror image of the metropolitan election results of a week previously, when the BJP swept every single one of the six corporations on offer in the state, by astounding margins.
BJP supporters celebrate party win in Surat.
AHMEDABAD: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was cruising to a landslide win in Gujarat rural local bodies polls on Tuesday.
The BJP won an overwhelming majority of seats of the municipalities, district panchayats and taluka panchayats which went to polls.
Even as counting was still on, the BJP had won or was leading in all the 31 district panchayats, 75 of the 81 municipalities and 196 of the 231 taluka panchayats for which voting was held on February 28.
Results of the Nagar Palika, Taluka Panchayat and District Panchayat polls across Gujarat give a crystal clear mess… https://t.co/dJERzTyu5X Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1614687609000