Last Update: 30 July 2022, 07:42 IST
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the candidates supported by his party have won the election for the post of president in 41 district panchayats. (Photo: Twitter/BJP Madhya Pradesh)
There are 52 districts in MP but in one Sidhi, the district panchayat elections were not held after the order of the High Court.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said candidates supported by it have won the post of president in 41 district panchayats, while the Congress has claimed victory for its candidates in 10 such posts in 51 districts of Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh has 52 districts but in one Sidhi district panchayat elections were not held after the High Court order.
an official with the state Election The Commission reiterated that the election of the Zilla Panchayat President was not on party lines and refrained from commenting on the claims being made by various political organizations about the victory. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the candidates supported by his party have won the election for the post of president in 41 district panchayats.
He thanked the people for reposing faith in the BJP and said that the Congress was facing continuous defeat in the state. The CM said rival party leaders indulging in undemocratic acts during the election process for district panchayat chiefs on Friday was something that was never seen in Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh Congress media department president KK Mishra said that his party-backed candidates won the post of panchayat president in 10 districts. Meanwhile, state Congress president Kamal Nath, in a press statement, alleged that the ruling BJP has misused the official machinery and also used money. affect the result.
Though the government misused the machinery, the Congress has been successful in winning presidential and vice-presidential elections in a large number of district panchayats,” the former CM said.
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