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Raipur: The Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao on Thursday expressed confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s success in the upcoming urban body elections.
Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao told media that the BJP is well-prepared and will hold a workers’ conferences in all urban bodies for the polls.”Lotus will bloom in these urban body elections, BJP will win.”
He also said that they will hold workers’ conferences in all urban bodies. On February 1, all BJP workers will raise the party flag at their homes. The workers’ conference will energise the party members and assign responsibilities for urban body elections.
Taking a jibe at Congress, Arun Sao said, “The way there is chaos in Congress and their candidates have been selected shows that Congress has accepted defeat even before going to the polls. Effigies of the Congress state president have been burned in multiple places, revealing dissatisfaction. Congress is struggling to find candidates. Lotus will bloom in these urban body elections, BJP will win.”
Earlier on Monday, the Chhattisgarh Election Commission announced that the state will hold urban local body elections on February 11, with results to be declared on February 15.
The three-tier panchayat elections will take place in three phases on February 17, 20, and 23, with results to be announced on February 18, 21, and 24, respectively.
Meanwhile, BJP registered its victory in the Chandigarh Mayoral Elections by winning 19 votes against the 17 votes of the AAP-Congress alliance.
In this election, BJP candidate Harpreet Kaur Babla emerged victorious over the Aam Aadmi Party candidate Prem Lata.
The voting for the post of Mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation started at around 11 am. During the voting, three councillors of the AAP-Congress alliance cross-voted against Prem Lata, carving a path of victory for the BJP.
