Demonetization is not being viewed adversely by public as tom-tommed by Opposition!! Another proof
BJP Makes Gains In Traditional Congress, NCP Strongholds In Second Phase of Maharashtra Civic Polls
Reported by Anant Zanane, Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Updated: December 15, 2016 21:28 IST
Mumbai: Highlights
In what the BJP will see as another thumbs up for the notes ban, the party has followed up its wins in the first phase of the Maharashtra civic elections with more gains in the second today, continuing to make inroads into traditional strongholds of the Congress and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party - this time, Pune and Latur.BJP nominees have won five of 14 direct contests for municipal chiefs, while the NCP and Congress have won two apiece and the Shiv Sena and three local alliances have won one each, there is one independent winner.
The NCP leads this phase in terms of number of seats, winning 93 of 324, but has ceded ground to the BJP, which is close behind with 81. The Congress and Shiv Sena trail at 45 and 23. The trend of Independent candidates winning big continues from the first phase - they have won 82 seats in this round.Elections for 212 municipal bodies are being held in four rounds. In the first and biggest round late last month, elections were held in 147 municipal councils and 17 nagar panchayats across 25 districts in the state.
The BJP had won 51 municipal chief posts, followed by the Shiv Sena with 25, Congress 23 and NCP with 18 posts. The BJP had also won the highest number of seats at 893, out of the total 3,727 seats and its chief Amit Shah had called it a wake-up call for parties like the Congress which are campaigning against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's notes ban, aimed at combating corruption and black or undeclared money.
In both phases, the BJP has made gains at the cost of the Congress and NCP which have contested these elections separately. Five years ago, they were partners and had dominated the municipal elections.
But since then, the BJP - for years the Shiv Sena's junior partner - has stormed to the front, winning the most seats from the state in the national elections in 2014 and then months later, in the assembly elections.
Credit for the party's performance so far in this year's civic polls has also been given to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has sought to extend his party's influence in the rural areas where the Congress and NCP have had an upper hand for years.
PM Modi had called the first phase "a win for pro-poor & development politics of BJP." A day later the party had won civic elections in Gujarat, and said both wins signalled the people's support for the notes ban, which opposition parties have attacked for the hardship caused to people by a massive cash crunch that has followed.
PM Modi has promised that the situation will ease soon and that the demonetisation will bring long-term benefits for the poor.
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BJP Makes Gains In Traditional Congress, NCP Strongholds In Second Phase of Maharashtra Civic Polls
Reported by Anant Zanane, Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Updated: December 15, 2016 21:28 IST
Mumbai: Highlights
- With 93 seats, NCP led the second phase but it has ceded ground to BJP.
- The Congress and Shiv Sena trail at 45 and 23 respectively.
- BJP won five of the 14 direct municipal chief contests.
In what the BJP will see as another thumbs up for the notes ban, the party has followed up its wins in the first phase of the Maharashtra civic elections with more gains in the second today, continuing to make inroads into traditional strongholds of the Congress and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party - this time, Pune and Latur.BJP nominees have won five of 14 direct contests for municipal chiefs, while the NCP and Congress have won two apiece and the Shiv Sena and three local alliances have won one each, there is one independent winner.
The NCP leads this phase in terms of number of seats, winning 93 of 324, but has ceded ground to the BJP, which is close behind with 81. The Congress and Shiv Sena trail at 45 and 23. The trend of Independent candidates winning big continues from the first phase - they have won 82 seats in this round.Elections for 212 municipal bodies are being held in four rounds. In the first and biggest round late last month, elections were held in 147 municipal councils and 17 nagar panchayats across 25 districts in the state.
The BJP had won 51 municipal chief posts, followed by the Shiv Sena with 25, Congress 23 and NCP with 18 posts. The BJP had also won the highest number of seats at 893, out of the total 3,727 seats and its chief Amit Shah had called it a wake-up call for parties like the Congress which are campaigning against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's notes ban, aimed at combating corruption and black or undeclared money.
In both phases, the BJP has made gains at the cost of the Congress and NCP which have contested these elections separately. Five years ago, they were partners and had dominated the municipal elections.
But since then, the BJP - for years the Shiv Sena's junior partner - has stormed to the front, winning the most seats from the state in the national elections in 2014 and then months later, in the assembly elections.
Credit for the party's performance so far in this year's civic polls has also been given to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has sought to extend his party's influence in the rural areas where the Congress and NCP have had an upper hand for years.
PM Modi had called the first phase "a win for pro-poor & development politics of BJP." A day later the party had won civic elections in Gujarat, and said both wins signalled the people's support for the notes ban, which opposition parties have attacked for the hardship caused to people by a massive cash crunch that has followed.
PM Modi has promised that the situation will ease soon and that the demonetisation will bring long-term benefits for the poor.
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