Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Jun 7: The claim of victory by political parties in the recently held gram panchayat elections continues. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that Congress has emerged victorious in 21 districts and more than 34,000 candidates from his party have won in the elections.
He was speaking after garlanding the statue of former minister D Devaraj Urs outside the Vidhana Soudha on Saturday June 6.
"Congress party has emerged number one in 21 districts with more than 34,000 Congress-backed candidates winning. Congress-backed candidates have won the maximum number of seats across the state. The victory spree will continue in the BBMP, taluk panchayat and assembly elections as well," Siddaramaiah said.
"BJP has managed to gain only in 5 districts and JD(S) has come first in 3 districts while Congress is way ahead of them in 21 districts. So many Congress-backed candidates winning is a great news for us," Siddaramaiah added.
Udupi BJP basks in glory
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Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (HB)
Udupi, Jun 6: Former MLA Raghupati Bhat held a press meet on Saturday June 6 in connection to BJP winning a majority of seats in the gram panchayat election in Udupi.
He said that BJP had won in 10 gram panchayats out of 17, while 6 panchayats went to Congress and there was a tie in the newly-formed Neelavar gram panchayat.
"The Congress made a clean sweep of Varambally panchayat while the Kokkarne representative was unanimously selected by the party. In Kemmannu, the BJP had vacated for Nagarika Samiti members," he added.
Bhat further said that the BJP swept out the Congress by securing 156 seats out of a total 290 seats.
Bhat said that the BJP has got a majority of seats even though the Congress MLA is from the ruling party and added that the failure was due to Congress' anti-people policies. "In comparison to the previous year, BJP has got one more seat. So, the entire result shows potentiality of the party. District incharge minister Vinay Kumar Sorake failed to keep Congress hold in Kaup constituency, his home turf," said Bhat.