Karnataka’s ruling BJP suffered a massive jolt when the Congress trounced the saffron outfit in the urban local body polls. The Congress won 120 out of the 263 wards in ten local bodies across eight districts that went to the polls on April 27.
The BJP finished third winning 57 seats behind the JD(S), which won 66 seats.
Hailing his party’s impressive victory, Congress State president DK Shivakumar, “Congress has won 7 out of the 10 Urban Local Bodies that went to polls. The BJP has won only 1. I thank the people of Karnataka for placing their confidence in the Congress Party and punishing the BJP for its misrule.”