In Karnataka, BJP Sweeps Polls In Two Municipal Corporations

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai congratulated the BJP ministers, MLAs and leaders who toiled hard for the elections in Belagavi.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka received a shot in the arm in the elections to the three municipal corporations by getting clear majority in Belagavi, emerged as the single largest party in Hubballi-Dharwad and finished a close second in Kalaburagi. In Doddaballapur City Municipal Council election in Bengaluru rural district, the BJP emerged as a single largest party while Congress got absolute majority in Tarikere Town Municipal Council in Chikkamagaluru district. An elated Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who dubbed the election results as a clean sweep in favour of the his month-old government in the ''sample test'', said the BJP will come to power in all the three municipal corporations. The elections took place on September 3 and the results were announced on Monday.