Nagpur, 17 Jan

(HS): Bharatiya Janata Party captured Nagpur Municipal Corporation for the fourth

time in a row. The elections turned out to be a one sided affair with BJP

winning 102 out of a total 151 seats. The number of seats, however, is six less

compared to the last elections.

On the other

hand Congress improved its tally by five seats and won 34 seats.

Discontent among

the BJP workers who were denied is the probably the cause of reduction of

seats. Many of them filed nominations as independent candidates diving the BJP’s

traditional vote share.

Asaddudin Owaisi’s

party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadur Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Indian Union Muslim

League (IUML) made a spectacular debut in Nagpur by bagging six and four seats

respectively in the first attempt. Traditionally Muslim votes are cast in favour

of Congress, which had fielded its candidates from the Muslim dominated wards.

The results indicate polarisation of Muslim votes.

Shiv Sena

(Shinde) could get only one seat, while Shiv Sena of UBT retained its two seats

in Nagpur. NCP also could get only one seat.

Surprisingly

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which was expected to increase its tally could win

only one seat, nine less that the last elections.

Chief Minister

Devendra Fadnavis, who held the position of Nagpur’s Mayor, said in Nagpur on

Friday night that the BJP won the elections on ‘Vikas Ka Agenda’ (Agenda of

Development).

Fadnavis

returned to Nagpur after attending the party’s celebrations in Mumbai. He along

with other leaders and victorious candidates met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

on Friday night.

Fadnavis and

Gadkari dedicated the victory to systematic strategic planning by Fadnavis, and

party workers for their dedicated and hard works. They thanked the voters for

their support to BJP and its agenda of development.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar