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The Bharatiya Janata Party swept the local bodies elections bagging 21 of the 24 district panchayats, 162 of the 208 taluka panchayats and 41 of the 53 municipalities in Gujarat Saturday.
As the Congress slipped to perhaps its worst ever showing, state party president Siddhartha Patel sent his resignation to party chief Sonia Gandhi, accepting moral responsibility for the dismal results.
The Gujarat Congress Legislature Party leader Shaktisinh Gohil also sent in his resignation to Gandhi, accepting joint responsibility for the party's poor performance.
The local bodies election results declared Saturday were worst than even the 2005 elections when the Congress claimed six of the 24 district panchayats.
In the elections to the 208 of the 225 taluka panchayats in the state, the Congress, which had 81 of the taluka panchayats under its control before the polls, ended up worth only 38. The BJP's strength went up from 127 to 162.
As usual, anti-modi pro congrASS Indian medias kept mum after the historic victory of BJP. Recently, these seculer medias kept mum when:
1) Gujarat govt. won in 2nd for the United Nation Public Service Award for improving transparency, accountability, responsiveness in public service.
2) Gujarat govt. got first prize for drinking water supply programme and user level water quality.
3) In the recent municipality election
4) And recently panchayat election result.
clean sweep of congress
BJP wipes out Cong in local body polls
Grabs 47 Of 53 Civic Seats, 22 Of 24 Panchayats
Gandhinagar: The Congress is down and out in Gujarat. Chief minister Narendra Modi-led BJP on Saturday swept the local body polls, crushing the Congress completely in panchayats and municipalities.
The win clearly underlines the Gujarat CM’s complete domination on the political arena, where the Congress has been decimated systematically during the nine years of his rule. The BJP has made clear dents in Congress’ traditional vote banks—tribals, OBCs, Dalits and Muslims.
Adding insult to injury after the capture of six cities earlier this month, the BJP stormed into Congress pockets, where stalwarts such as Ahmed Patel Bharatsinh Solanki, Dinsha Patel and Tushar Chaudhary held sway.
Of 24 district panchayats, the Congress managed to win just two, Gandhinagar and Tapi. These are the smallest of all panchayats in the state. The BJP won 47 out of the 53 municipalities and most of the 208 taluka panchayats. If the defeat in Anand is a jolt to Solannki and Dinsha, the eclipse of Bharuch, where tribals and Muslims form a formidable force, suggests a setback to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s political adviser, Ahmed Patel. The loss in Valsad and Surat is a disturbing sign for Tushar Chaudhary.
Congress retained Gandhinagar district panchayat, a big relief for battered Congressman Shankarsinh Vaghela, whose son Mahendrasinh managed to consolidate Rajputs and OBC Thakores behind him. The Congress victory in Tapi is at best an isolated win .
GPCC chief Siddharth Patel resigned from the post on Saturday following the humiliating defeat.
As the Congress slipped to perhaps its worst ever showing, state party president Siddhartha Patel sent his resignation to party chief Sonia Gandhi, accepting moral responsibility for the dismal results.
The Gujarat Congress Legislature Party leader Shaktisinh Gohil also sent in his resignation to Gandhi, accepting joint responsibility for the party's poor performance.
The local bodies election results declared Saturday were worst than even the 2005 elections when the Congress claimed six of the 24 district panchayats.
In the elections to the 208 of the 225 taluka panchayats in the state, the Congress, which had 81 of the taluka panchayats under its control before the polls, ended up worth only 38. The BJP's strength went up from 127 to 162.
As usual, anti-modi pro congrASS Indian medias kept mum after the historic victory of BJP. Recently, these seculer medias kept mum when:
1) Gujarat govt. won in 2nd for the United Nation Public Service Award for improving transparency, accountability, responsiveness in public service.
2) Gujarat govt. got first prize for drinking water supply programme and user level water quality.
3) In the recent municipality election
4) And recently panchayat election result.
clean sweep of congress
BJP wipes out Cong in local body polls
Grabs 47 Of 53 Civic Seats, 22 Of 24 Panchayats
Gandhinagar: The Congress is down and out in Gujarat. Chief minister Narendra Modi-led BJP on Saturday swept the local body polls, crushing the Congress completely in panchayats and municipalities.
The win clearly underlines the Gujarat CM’s complete domination on the political arena, where the Congress has been decimated systematically during the nine years of his rule. The BJP has made clear dents in Congress’ traditional vote banks—tribals, OBCs, Dalits and Muslims.
Adding insult to injury after the capture of six cities earlier this month, the BJP stormed into Congress pockets, where stalwarts such as Ahmed Patel Bharatsinh Solanki, Dinsha Patel and Tushar Chaudhary held sway.
Of 24 district panchayats, the Congress managed to win just two, Gandhinagar and Tapi. These are the smallest of all panchayats in the state. The BJP won 47 out of the 53 municipalities and most of the 208 taluka panchayats. If the defeat in Anand is a jolt to Solannki and Dinsha, the eclipse of Bharuch, where tribals and Muslims form a formidable force, suggests a setback to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s political adviser, Ahmed Patel. The loss in Valsad and Surat is a disturbing sign for Tushar Chaudhary.
Congress retained Gandhinagar district panchayat, a big relief for battered Congressman Shankarsinh Vaghela, whose son Mahendrasinh managed to consolidate Rajputs and OBC Thakores behind him. The Congress victory in Tapi is at best an isolated win .
GPCC chief Siddharth Patel resigned from the post on Saturday following the humiliating defeat.