The Pioneer 28.05.2013
Cong nominees win Sanchi, Churhat local bodies’ polls
The bad phase of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the local bodies election continued as the ruling party in Madhya Pradesh lost Churhat Nagar Panchayat of Sidhi district and Sanchi Nagar Panchayat of Raisen district. The results were declared on Monday.
State Congress president and MP Kantilal Bhuria and leader of opposition in the State Assembly Ajay Singh expressed happiness over the party’s victory and congratulated the victorious candidates.
Bhuria and Singh also took the opportunity to express gratitude towards the electorate of Churhat and Sanchi for making Congress victorious.
Congress candidate Poornima Patel defeated Urmila Pandey of BJP by 483 votes to register victory as Chairperson of Churhat Nagar Panchayat while the Congress candidates registered victory in 9 of the total 15 wards, BJP candidates could register victory in only three wards.
While, in the Sanchi Nagar Panchayat’s chairman election Congress’ candidate Sushila Ahirwar defeated BJP candidate Anjulata Mehra by a thin margin of 86 votes.
The results of the wards elections were awaited till the filing of this report. Bhuria in a statement said that earlier this year the elections for 8 municipalities and Nagar Panchayats were held and the ruling party openly used Government machinery and spent huge money to lure the electorate but the Congress registered victory on seven of the eight local bodies that went to poll.
Now, the result of Churhat and Sanchi clearly indicates that the mass base of the ruling BJP is losing fast and the countdown for BJP has begun, he added.
Singh in his statement said that the results make it clear that the people of the State have fed up with the misgovernance of the BJP in the State. The polling in favour of Congress candidates shows that the faith of people of the State, has increased on Congress and they wish to get rid of the BJP Government, he added.
