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Congress Sweeps Municipal Corporation Polls in Punjab

The party won in Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Batala and Pathankot in civic polls held against the backdrop of the farmers’ agitation against the Farm Laws.
PTI
17 Feb 2021
Punjab CM Amrinder Singh

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Chandigarh, Feb 17: The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh, sweeping the urban body polls in Punjab on Wednesday.

The Congress won in Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Batala and Pathankot in civic polls held against the backdrop of the farmers’ agitation against the Farm Laws. In Moga, it needed victories in six more wards to control the municipal corporation.

The counting for another municipal corporation will take place on Thursday. In addition, results for 109 municipal corporations are also expected.

The outcome comes as a boost for the Congress, which has been backing the protests by farmers – a large part of whom are from Punjab and Haryana – against the BJP-led government at the Centre.

The Congress is also eyeing a win in the assembly elections, which are just a year away.

Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar said people had rejected the “negative politics” of parties like the BJP, SAD and AAP.

“We contested on the development agenda. This victory will embolden our workers to work hard,” Jakhar told reporters.

In Moga, where no political party has scored a majority, the support of independent candidates could be crucial.

The Congress won 20 of the 50 municipal wards in Moga, the Shiromani Akali Dal 15, the Aam Aadmi Party 4, the Bharatiya Janata Party 1 and independents 10.

The Punjab election campaign was marred by stray clashes between party workers with opposition leaders alleging at some places that their candidates were being stopped from filing nomination papers.

The State Election Commission had ordered repolling at two booths for the Mohali municipal corporation. As a result, the counting for the entire civic body will take place on Thursday.

Altogether 9,222 candidates contested the polls to the eight municipal corporations and 109 municipal councils.

The Congress fielded 2,037 candidates, the SAD 1,569, the BJP 1,003, the AAP 1,606 and the BSP 160. As many as 2,832 were independents.

The BJP and the Akali Dal, which had walked out of the National Democratic Alliance last year over the contentious Farm laws, Fought separately.

Over 70% voting was recorded in the civic body elections on February 14.

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