Varanasi: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party appeared to be lagging behind expectations as results of zila panchayat (ZP) election in Varanasi started coming and Samajwadi Party claimed victory of its candidates on 16 seats as results of 38 seats were announced.
BJP also claimed victory of its 16 candidates besides those of its allies and Independents supported by it.
Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party also claimed victory of their candidates on four and three seats respectively.
When TOI contacted BJP’s district chief Hansraj Vishwakarma, he said, “So far, 16 of our supported candidates have emerged victorious. Candidates of parties having alliance with us in state and centre, like former minister Anupriya Patel led AD(S) have also won. We have started the exercise of drumming up support and numbers for victory of our candidate in ZP chairperson election.”