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| Chandigarh elections: Warning for ‘overconfident’ BJP; directionless Congress | | Second successive worst-ever debacle for Saffron Party in North India | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 27: Results of Chandigarh the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections are a warning signal for BJP because the Saffron party has always maintained its dominance in the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.
Results also give a severe setback to Congress leadership which was thinking to exploit farmers’ agitation.
After maintaining its dominance on Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for years together the BJP has been dislodged by newly entrants Aam Adami Party (AAP).
Although the results of which were declared here on Monday threw up a hung verdict even as the new entrant AAP made a major impact in the Chandigarh politics.
The AAP, which contested the MC poll for the first time, bagged 14 seats while the over-confident ruling BJP could manage 12 and the Congress remained third winning only eight seats. Shrimanid Akali Dal (SAD) won a single seat. The majority mark is 19 seats.
Interestingly, the sitting mayor of BJP Ravi Kant Sharma along with two former mayors of the party namely Davesh Moudgil and Rajesh Kalia lost the elections. Former Congress mayor Kamlesh also tasted defeat. |
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