In Rajasthan, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party got an overall lead in the urban local body elections held across the state. Counting of votes took place today for 10,245 wards across the state. The urban local bodies include 10 municipal corporations, 47 municipal councils and 252 municipalities.
The BJP has secured a clear majority in the municipal corporations of Jaipur, Kota, Udaipur and Bhilwara, while leading in Alwar. In Bikaner, the Congress has secured a clear majority, while the party is also leading in Ajmer and Pali. In Bharatpur, Independents have registered a major victory, winning 38 of the 65 wards.
In Jodhpur Municipal Corporation, both the BJP and Congress have won 44 seats each out of 100. Among the 47 municipal councils, the BJP got lead in 21, while the Congress is ahead in 17. Similarly, of the 252 municipalities, the BJP has won 144, while the Congress has secured victory in 92.
Speaking to reporters, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said that the people had expressed their confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the performance of the state government. He described the results as the people’s endorsement of the present state government’s two-and-a-half-year tenure.
Meanwhile, president of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee Govind Singh Dotasra said that despite the BJP putting in its full strength in the elections, it had failed to secure the mandate it had expected. Polling for the 309 urban local bodies were held in two phases on September 9 and 11.
BJP today said that the party is inching towards a spectacular victory in the local bodies elections in Rajasthan. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, BJP Spokesperson Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi said that in 9 out 10 municipal corporations, the BJP along with its allies are placed in a comfortable position.
The BJP Spokesperson further said that the Congress party’s policy of conducting elections in 8 phases and dividing Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporations has been rejected by the people, whereas the BJP conducted the elections in one phase. He said that this victory demonstrates that the Congress party’s claims contain more propaganda and less reality.
