The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday registered a massive victory in the Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) in Gujarat by securing 51 seats in the 60 members civic body. While the Congress could only manage to add one seat in its tally, with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) emerging victorious on 4 seats and has emerged as the second-largest party.
Out of the total 60 seats of Junagadh Municipal Corporation.
The ruling saffron party has improved its tally by adding 7 more seats to win 51 out of 56 seats in the Junagadh Municipal Corporation that went to polls on July 21, results for which were announced Tuesday.
The saffron party, BJP, also won by-elections to a majority of seats in district and taluka panchayats for which elections were held on July 21.
Out of all, three BJP Candidates were declared elected unopposed. The victory of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on 4 seats came to a surprise. While the tally of the Indian National Congress, which had 15 corporators in JMC, has reduced to just one seat.
Congress nominee Manjulaben Pansara became lone candidate saving the grace of the party. It should be noted that Congress setback came after its city president Vinu Amipara resigned to join the Bharatiya Janata Party just before the polls. He joined the Team Saffron along with a large number of party workers.
In previous polls, The BJP had wrest control of the JMC from the Congress in by winning 44 seats.
After the party registered a resounding victory in JMC Polls, PM Narendra Modi took to Twitter and thanked people of Gujarat. Tweeting in Gujarati, PM Modi, said, ‘BJP candidates have registered a grand victory in the election to the Junagadh Municipal Corporation and a by-election to other districts/taluka Panchayats. The people of Gujarat have always trusted the politics of development’.
ગુજરાતમાં યોજાયેલ જૂનાગઢ મહાનગરપાલિકાની સામાન્ય ચૂંટણી તથા અન્ય જિલ્લા/તાલુકા પંચાયતોની યોજાયેલ પેટા ચૂંટણીમાં ભાજપના ઉમેદવારોનો ભવ્ય વિજય થયો છે. ગુજરાતની જનતાએ હંમેશા 'વિકાસની રાજનીતિ'માં ભરોસો મૂક્યો છે. સૌને ખૂબ ખૂબ અભિનંદન અને આભાર..!!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 23, 2019
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Amit Shah also congratulated the party for its resounding mandate. ‘Congratulations to the Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Nitin Patel and Jitu Vaghani and all party workers on the grand victory of BJP in Gujarat local body polls. Heartiest congratulation to the people of Gujarat for constantly reposing faith in the BJP symbolizing development and trust’, said Amit Shah in a tweet.
गुजरात स्थानीय निकाय चुनावों में भाजपा की भव्य विजय पर मुख्यमंत्री श्री @vijayrupanibjp जी, श्री @Nitinbhai_Patel जी, श्री @jitu_vaghani जी और सभी कार्यकर्ताओं को बधाई।
विकास और प्रगति की प्रतीक भाजपा में निरंतर अपना विश्वास प्रकट करने के लिए गुजरात की जनता का हृदय से अभिनंदन।
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) July 23, 2019
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