[So the BJP has started losing in the Hindi heartland, also known as the cow belt.]
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/chhattisgarh-civic-polls-bjp-suffers-setback-congress-wins-8-of-11-urban-bodies/ Chhattisgarh civic polls: BJP suffers setback, Congress wins 8 of 11 urban bodies The biggest setback for the BJP has come in the coveted Bhilai municipal corporation seat, where the party fielded senior leader and Vaishali Nagar MLA Vidya Ratan Bhasin. Written by Dipankar Ghose | Raipur | Updated: January 1, 2016 1:14 am The ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh suffered a setback after the Congress emerged victorious in eight out of 11 urban bodies in the civic polls, results of which were declared on Thursday. These urban bodies include one municipal corporation, four municipal councils and six nagar panchayats. In the previous polls to these 11 urban bodies, seven seats went to the BJP and the rest to the Congress. The biggest setback for the BJP has come in the Bhilai municipal corporation seat, where the party had fielded MLA Vidya Ratan Bhasin. The Congress, on the other hand, fielded a young face in Devendra Yadav, who won by a margin of more than 9,000 votes. The Congress swept all the four municipal councils— Khairagarh in Rajnandgaon district, Baikunthpur and Shivpur Charcha in Koriya district and Jamul in Durg district. The six nagar panchayats saw an even battle between the BJP and the Congress with the former winning in Bhairamgarh (Bijapur), Narharpur (Kanker) and Premnagar(Surajpur). The Congress, meanwhile, won in Maro (Bemetera), Konta (Sukma) and Bhopalapatnam (Bijapur). Congress spokesperson R P Singh said, “This is clearly a rejection of the state government and the ruling party. This election was being fought by our opposition with all their might, but this is a people’s victory, who rejected the policies of the BJP.” While some BJP leaders downplayed the Congress victory and said many wards had gone to the BJP, others said that it was the BJP’s own “indiscipline” that led to the dismal show. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
