In an embarrassing development, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janata Party lost the local polls in its home turf – Hisar’s Ukalana – and Rewari’s Dharuhera.
The ruling BJP-JJP coalition in Haryana has suffered a blow in the municipal corporation elections, as the ruling coalition has lost mayoral polls in Sonipat and Ambala, plugged as a prestige battle a year after the state elections. In an embarrassing development, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janata Party lost the local polls in its home turf – Hisar’s Ukalana – and Rewari’s Dharuhera.
On Sunday, the civic body elections in Ambala, Panchkula, Sonipat, Rewari’s Dharuhera, Rohtak’s Sampla, and Hisar’s Uklana were held. The counting of votes began this morning at 8 AM.
The INC swept Sonipat by a margin of nearly 14,000 votes. Nikhil Madaan will be Sonipat’s first mayor. Congress claimed resentment against the new agricultural laws was the reason for the BJP’s loss.
“Congress has won the Sonipat Mayor Elections by a huge margin. Congress: 72,111. BJP: 58,300. Remember, Sonipat is right next to Singhu Border & is the Epicenter of Farmer Agitation in Haryana & UP. Nearly a year after the BJP-JJP alliance formed a government in Haryana, (sic),” Congress leader Srivatsa tweeted.
Congress has won the Sonipat Mayor Elections by a huge margin
Congress: 72,118
BJP: 58,300Remember, Sonipat is right next to Singhu Border & is the Epicenter of Farmer Agitation in Haryana & UP.
RT & spread bcos Paid Media & BJP won't talk about it#FarmersAppealTotalRepeal
— Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) December 30, 2020
Haryana Janachetana Party’s Shakti Rani Sharma is set to be the mayor in Ambala after she won by over 8,000 votes.
The BJP is ahead in Panchkula where votes are being counted. BJP’s coalition partner JJP, which has a strong rural base, has lost the polls in Dharuhera in Rewari and Hisar’s Uklana, its home turf.
Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala is under immense pressure to quit the NDA alliance after SAD in neighbouring Punjab quit the alliance over new farm laws. The farmers’ protests have been intensifying and Mr Chautala had to face the anger of farmers in his own constituency Uchana Kalan in Jind, where villagers dug up a helipad ahead of his visit.
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