The ruling Congress has won six of seven municipal corporations in Punjab on Wednesday, PTI reported citing officials. The counting of votes started at 9 am for elections to 2,302 wards of eight municipal corporations and 109 municipal councils in the state.
The Congress has won the municipal corporations of Bathinda, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Pathankot, officials said. It is leading in Batala, Moga and Abohar. It’s biggest win yet is in Bathinda which returns to the Congress fold after well over 50 years. The Shiromani Akali Dal, the Aam Aadmi party and the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to make a mark in the elections for the municipal corporations. Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar said people have rejected the negative politics of parties like the BJP, SAD and AAP.
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