Guest guest Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 >Lokpal Sethi/ Jaipur >The Pioneer >Nov. 28, 2004 > >The Resounding victory of the BJP in the civic polls has clearly established the >party's supremacy over the Congress in Rajasthan, three times in less than an >year. > >It has captured as many as 33 of the 45 civic bodies, leaving only 11 for the >Congress and one for the independents. These include Municipal Corporation of >Jaipur and Kota. Congress had to contend with retaining their hold over >Municipal Corporation of Jodhpur. > >In the last civic elections, which were held five years ago during the Congress >regime, the BJP had gained 17 seats, whereas the Congress was able to win 25 of >them. > >The result of these elections has negated the claims of the Congress and rumours >within the party that the BJP Government in the State was losing its popularity >even before one year of its coming to power. > >This has also exposed the Congress, which refused to learn a lesson from its >past defeats - first in the Assembly election around this time last year and >second after its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections this year. > >If the ruling BJP has once again successfully projected itself as a cohesive >unit and achieved complete coordination with the Government and the >organisation, in these elections, the factional fight in the Congress continues >to be the order of the day, which has cost the party heavily in these elections >as well. > >The BJP as the Opposition contested the Assembly elections on the strength of >its organisation and under the leadership of Vasundhara Raje. The party >outwitted the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections on the basis of the >achievements of its five-month-old Government in the State. > >The victory in the civic polls could be considered as the electorates' final >stamp on the good work done by the BJP Government during its one-year rule in >the State. > >The victory of the Congress in the elections of Jodhpur Municipal Corporation >could be solely attributed to former Chief Minister and AICC General Secretary >Ashok Gehlot. He camped in his home town for days to ensure the party's >victory. The victory of the party will silence Mr Gehlot's detractors within >the party, who had marginalised his contribution in the state politics, after >the party's defeat in the Assembly as well as the Lok Sabha elections. > >The BJP has emerged as the single largest party in ten Municipal bodies, in >comparison to the Congress which got only five. > >Of the total 1450 seats BJP has won in 638 wards, where as Congress candidates >have won 494 seats. The total number of independents is 318. In the last >elections of these bodies, the BJP had got 544 seats compared to the 531 that >the then ruling Congress got. The independents were 363. > > > > >------------------------------- >This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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