In the bypolls of 38 seats of municipal corporations and Municipalities in Gujarat, the BJP won 34 seats and continued its winning streak in the State that began in the 2012 Assembly elections and continued till the thumping victory in lok Sabha polls.
The by-election of local bodies was seen as semi-final ahead of the local body polls including six Municipal Corporations, District Panchayats, and municipalities across the State slated to be held in October this year.
Expressing pleasure over the victory, Gujarat BJP president RC Faldu said the people have put complete faith on the saffron party’s development agenda and rejected the Congress party for their negative politics.
“The bypolls were held for two seats of Rajkot Municipal Corporations (RMC) and 36 seats of 11 municipalities of nine districts across the State. BJP won both the seats of RMC. Before the election, of these 38 seats, Congress had 27 seats and BJP had only six seats. But now the Opposition party is reduced to only four seats and BJP has now 32 seats,” said the State BJP spokesman IK Jadeja.
With the result coming in favour of the saffron party, Karjan municipality in Vadodara district, ruling Congress party lost its majority to the Opposition BJP. Now the saffron party will come in power, said an ecstatic BJP leader.