Despite losing power nearly four months ago, the Opposition Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) claim to have made huge gains while the ruling ally Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single-largest .
The Congress managed to grab nine of the 13 posts of Chairpersons in Nagpur Rural, Kamptee, Kuhi, Saoner, Mouda, Umred, Bhiwapur, Parseoni and Kalmeshwar, besides eight of the 13 Deputy Chairperson posts in the district.
The elections were held to 1,079 of the total 1,165 Gram Panchayats (DPs) where the Maha Vikas Aghadi has claimed to have trumped the ruling BJP-Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena combine, based on the purported political affiliations of the winning candidates.Howe
State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Sigh today announced the schedule for the general elections of three tiers of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) for nine districts — Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa and Sonepat.
Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh on Friday said that in the second phase, elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions will be held in nine districts next month.