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
Will Bengal, Tamil Nadu put a spanner in the BJP’s well-oiled election machinery?
Radhika Ramaseshan
Small
Large
Unlike the Congress, which was happy as long as it dominated Delhi, the BJP believes in a clean sweep both at the Centre and the states.
Five states are about to go to polls and the BJP is fighting at least a couple of them with the vigour and vehemence it vents during a Lok Sabha election. It’s as though the fate of the central government will be decided by the outcome in West Bengal and Assam, but that’s the BJP for you. King-size or pocket-sized, micro, medium or macro, when a battleground beckons, the party musters all its forces. A fresh conquest means raising the height of its power structure and fortifying its edifice. No election is too big or too small for the BJP. Other parties - notably the Aam Admi Party and Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen - are also bellying up to the idea of treating every election as a last-gasp chan
The ruling BJP recorded a massive victory in the local body polls in Gujarat on Tuesday by winning clear majority in all 31 district panchayats as well as in 196 out of 231 taluka panchayats and 74 out of 81 municipalities. The Congress, the main opposition party in the state, won a clear majority in only one municipality and 18 taluka panchayats, while AIMIM and AAP also made their presence felt. In six municipalities and 15 taluka panchayats no party has got clear majority. The BJP s success followed its victory in all six municipal corporations where polls were held in the first phase of local elections on February 21.
Owaisi criticises former Chief Justice Gogoi thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ruling BJP recorded a massive victory in the local body polls in Gujarat on Tuesday.
It won a clear majority in all 31 district panchayats as well as in 196 out of 231 taluka panchayats and 74 out of 81 municipalities.
Ahmedabad: The ruling BJP recorded a massive victory in the local body polls in Gujarat on Tuesday by winning a clear majority in all 31 district panchayats as well as in 196 out of 231 taluka panchayats and 74 out of 81 municipalities.
The Congress, the main opposition party in the state, won a clear majority in only one municipality and 18 taluka panchayats, while AIMIM and AAP also made their presence felt.