Congress Leads BJP In Rural Polls In 6 Districts of Rajasthan

Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra described the results as encouraging for his party and a setback for the opposition BJP.

The Congress is in the lead in the panchayat elections in six districts of Rajasthan. Ashok Gehlot-led Congress has won 670 panchayat samiti seats and is likely to form the board in 4 zila parishads. The results for two panchayat samiti and nine zila parishad seats are yet to be declared. The polling was held on August 26, 29 and September 1 for 200 zila parishad and 1,564 panchayat samiti seats in Bharatpur, Dausa, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sawai Madhopur, and Sirohi. Out of 33 districts in Rajasthan, polling has been completed for 27. Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra described the results as encouraging for his party and a setback for the opposition BJP. The Congress party has won the elections with an overwhelming majority. Out of 1,562 wards of panchayat samiti, 670 Congress candidates were victorious. In Bharatpur, 171 candidates of Congress ideology who contested the election without party symbol were the winners," he said.