Congress has won 619 of the 1,775 districts in 12 districts. (Representative image)
Jaipur:
The ruling Congress in Rajasthan has beaten the BJP in urban local body elections held days after the party suffered a setback in rural polls.
Congress gained an advantage in 14 of 50 municipalities in 12 districts where the voting took place. The BJP has won in four. But Congress has said it can form a board in 41 municipalities with the help of independents.
Congress won 619 of the 1,775 districts in 12 districts and the Independents came in second after winning 595 districts. The BJP had to settle for third place after winning 549 rooms.
Independents have performed well in elections to the urban municipal bodies or Nagar Palikas and Nagar Parishads, emerging virtually as kings. In 32 municipal councils, the support of the independents will decide who forms the council.
“The blatant lies of the BJP about the extensive polls of local bodies have been exposed once again. In the polls of municipal bodies, our party has won 619 seats, while the BJP won only 549 seats. In 17 bodies, we are forming our boards without any support, while in the remaining 24 bodies, we will form boards of directors with the help of independents, “said Govind Singh Dotasara, Chairman of the Rajasthan Congress.
Last week, the BJP had won most of the rural local body seats and claimed it reflected public support for the party and also its agricultural policies amid protests near Delhi from farmers upset over three new central laws.
Urban local bodies may not be as important as village Panchayat bodies, where more voters participate, but it points to the trend that Congress is performing better in cities and the BJP is gaining traction in rural areas.
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