BJP's Claims About TN Urban Local Body Election Results not True
The Tamil Nadu BJP leadership has claimed that the party emerged as the third largest in the recently concluded urban local body polls. The saffron party's national leadership also appreciated it. The party could win only 308 wards of the total 12,819 wards, which went to polls. The BJP was boosted by the 200 wards that it won in the Kanyakumari district alone. Even worse, the party was unable to even field candidates in 58% of the wards in the state. In Chennai and Coimbatore corporations, the party forfeited deposits in majority of the seats contested. Newsclick analyses the BJP's performance in the civic body polls and its claims.
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