The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party

(BJP) in Chhattisgarh managed to

get a marginal lead in the panchayat

polls in the state.

The opposition leaders alleged that

the ruling party rigged the

Panchayat President polls or

otherwise the tally would have been

in favor of Congress party.

The District Panchayat President is

elected by the district panchayat

members. As the panchayat election

in Chhattisgarh is not contested on

party line, the exact number of BJP

and Congress supporters winning

panch and sarpanch posts cannot be

known.

In Jagdalpur, BJP Chhattisgarh

managed to get its candidate Javita

Mandavi occupy the post.

The Chief Minister, Raman Singh

and Leader of Opposition T S

Singh Deo failed to ensure victory

for the candidates backed by their

parties.

In Rajnandgaon, the home

constituency of Singh, BJP backed

Madhu Sahu lost the election to

Congress backed Chitralekha

Verma.

In Sarguja from where Singh Deo

belongs, BJP backed candidate

Phooleshwari Paikra won the District

Panchayat President poll.

The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)

in Chhattisgarh failed to repeat its

Assembly and Lok Sabha election

performance, losing most of its seats to

the Congress and independent

candidates.

The BJP Chhattisgarh which was

ruling in six out of 10 Municipal

Corporations in the State, secured

victory only in four places.

A faction-ridden Congress won

four Mayoral posts, including

Raipur, one more than its previous

tally.

The BJP party could retain only 16

out of 29 seats it won last time in

the 40 Municipal Councils that

went to the polls in December.

The Congress won 50 of the 105

Nagar Panchayats, the ruling party

37 and the Independents 18

panchayats. There was extensive

campaigning during the civic polls

by the Bharatiya Janta Party.

The overall results were not as per

expectations. Therefore steps were taken

for the upcoming panchayat elections.

After the results there was inspection about

the setback of the party.

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