BJP vote share dips in West Bengal rural polls
The Hindu
The vote share of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) has registered a sharp decline in the West Bengal panchayat polls. The main Opposition party in the State received 22.88 % of votes in the rural polls, a sharp decline from about 38% votes registered in the 2021 Assembly polls.
The vote share of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) has registered a sharp decline in the West Bengal panchayat polls. The main Opposition party in the State received22.88 % of votes in the rural polls, a sharp decline from about 38% votes registered in the 2021 Assembly polls.
The party is facing another challenge, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Congress and Indian Secular Front are breathing down its neck with a combined vote share of 20.98 %.
Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Friday tried to boost the morale of BJP workers by saying that it doubled its seat tally from the previous election indicating a significant rise in the trust placed by the people.
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“Even bloodcurdling violence in West Bengal could not stop the BJP from putting up a stellar performance in the Panchayat Election. The BJP nearly doubled its seat tally from the previous election indicating a significant rise in trust. This shows that people’s affection lie with PM @narendramodiJi-led BJP, and will surely lead the party to meteoric heights in Lok Sabha and assembly polls,” Mr. Shah tweeted.
Earlier in the day State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar met the Home Minister and “apprised him about the political situation and panchayat elections’ in the state.
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