Panaji (Goa) [India], December 15 (ANI): The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gave a strong performance in Zilla Panchayat elections in Goa winning 32 of 48 seats which went it to the polls. The party had won one seat unopposed.
Congress could win only four seats.
BJP leaders congratulated BJP’s Goa unit team for the victory.
“We have won both Zilla Panchayat elections with a majority. Out of 25 seats in north Goa, we have won 19. In South Goa, we contested 17 seats of which, we have won 14. It is the victory of our party. The Zilla Panchayat results show that the Goa government is working for the people and they have voted for development,” Goa Chief Minister and BJP leader Pramod Sawant told ANI.
“The manner in which the BJP is winning all elections, like Hyderabad and Zilla Panchayat in Goa, we will win the 2022 state assembly polls too. The manner in which our central leadership is performing, there is no doubt that we will win the West Bengal elections too,” he added.
In the results announced on Monday, BJP won 33 seats, Congress and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) bagged four seats each. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Aam Aadmi Party won one seat each while independent candidates won seven seats. (ANI)
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Congratulations to BJP and its supporters. People have given their support to BJP and now it is BJP turn to do good for the area and its people.
At a microscopic Zilla Panchayat level, it is significant for BJP to bag majority seats. This represents the will of a common villager who is far more understanding politically in the big Indian democracy. Let this be a repat all over!