Civic poll results exposing BJP’s weakness in rural Maharashtra
Civic poll results exposing BJP’s weakness in rural Maharashtra Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE | Thursday, 21 April 2016 AT 03:03 PM IST blog , civic poll , poll result , BJP , Nagar panchayats , Zilla Parishad , Panchayat samitis , Maharashtra , Camil Parkhe In the recently concluded elections to the newly formed local self government civic bodies (Nagar Panchayats) in Maharashtra, the Congress has emerged as the leading party, the NCP and Shiv Sena have won equal seats while BJP was relegated to the last- fourth place. The number of the Nagar Panchayats in the state which went to the polls was very minuscule, only six and there were also bypolls to a few municipal corporations, Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis. Nonetheless, the poll verdict needs to be taken seriously by all political parties in the state as they are indication of the people’s opinion about these parties. The six Nagar Panchayats...