Bhartiya Janata Party sweeps Assam urban body polls | Guwahati News – Times of India

BJP’s ally Asom Gana Parishad has grabbed two municipal boards — Barpeta and Bokakhat.

GUWAHATI: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has made a clean sweep of the urban civic polls registering victories in 74 of 80 municipal boards in Assam while Congress managed to grab just one municipal board.
BJP’s ally Asom Gana Parishad has grabbed two municipal boards — Barpeta and Bokakhat.
The two boards of Hailakandi and Mariani will be formed by independents.
The Doboka municipal board election has thrown up a hung house.
The election to the 977 wards in 80 municipal boards was held on March 6. Candidates of 57 wards were declared uncontested.

FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail