Continuing its winning streak, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today swept the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections by bagging 49 of the 67 wards at stake.
The Opposition consisting of the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to impress as the BJD asserted its hegemony yet again. While the BJP managed to win four seats, the showing by the Congress was even worse with the party securing only two wards.
Both Congress and BJP had to eat humble pie as independent candidates eclipsed them with a victory in 12 wards. The independent candidates are believed to be disgruntled candidates of ruling BJD who decided to contest on their own after being denied tickets from the party.
The BJD suffered a setback of sorts when its supported candidate and social activist Linkon Subudhi lost to a party dissident. Subudhi was handpicked by the chief minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik for contesting the BMC poll after she was attacked in Delhi for protesting a minor girl’s marriage there.
Commenting on his party’s stupendous performance, Patnaik said, “I would like to thank the people of Bhubaneswar for having voted so generously for the BJD and to the party workers for having worked so hard. We will continue the good works for Bhubaneswar”.
A despondent Congress blamed the ruling BJD for using unfair means to manipulate poll results.
“I fail to accept the BMC results under any circumstances. I mean it as the ruling party used all possible unfair technique to capture the corporation. However, such results would not influence the forthcoming general elections,” said Jayadev Jena, president Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee. The election for the post of mayor will be conducted on January 17 while the election for deputy mayor will be held on February 5 at the BMC premises.
The Opposition consisting of the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to impress as the BJD asserted its hegemony yet again. While the BJP managed to win four seats, the showing by the Congress was even worse with the party securing only two wards.
Both Congress and BJP had to eat humble pie as independent candidates eclipsed them with a victory in 12 wards. The independent candidates are believed to be disgruntled candidates of ruling BJD who decided to contest on their own after being denied tickets from the party.
The BJD suffered a setback of sorts when its supported candidate and social activist Linkon Subudhi lost to a party dissident. Subudhi was handpicked by the chief minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik for contesting the BMC poll after she was attacked in Delhi for protesting a minor girl’s marriage there.
Commenting on his party’s stupendous performance, Patnaik said, “I would like to thank the people of Bhubaneswar for having voted so generously for the BJD and to the party workers for having worked so hard. We will continue the good works for Bhubaneswar”.
A despondent Congress blamed the ruling BJD for using unfair means to manipulate poll results.
“I fail to accept the BMC results under any circumstances. I mean it as the ruling party used all possible unfair technique to capture the corporation. However, such results would not influence the forthcoming general elections,” said Jayadev Jena, president Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee. The election for the post of mayor will be conducted on January 17 while the election for deputy mayor will be held on February 5 at the BMC premises.
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