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Latest live news updates | The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh, sweeping the urban body polls in Punjab on Wednesday. The Congress won in Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Batala and Pathankot, in the civic polls held against the backdrop of the farmers agitation. Earlier in the day, the Cabinet approved production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme worth Rs 12,195 crore for telecom equipment manufacturing, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. He added that the government is positioning India as a global powerhouse for manufacturing, and has created a conducive environment for ease of doing business.
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17 फरवरी 2021 की सुबह कांग्रेस के लिए खुशियां लेकर आई। पंजाब में संपन्न हुए नगरीय निकाय चुनावों में पार्टी को भारी जीत मिली है। वहीं अकाली दल को एनडीए का साथ छोड़ने से भी कोई फायदा नहीं हुआ। जबकि भाजपा को तो भयंकर नुकसान उठाना पड़ा है। भाजपा अपने प्रभाव वाली सीटों को भी नहीं बचा सकी। वहीं भाजपा के साथ मिलकर अकाली को फायदा पिछली बार हुआ था, वह भी इस बार हाथ से निकल गया है। कांग�
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Updated: February 17, 2021 5:57 pm IST
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Chandigarh:
The Congress party today made a clean sweep of Punjab s seven municipal corporations in the state local body polls. The party bagged almost all the bodies for which the results were declared today: Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Pathankot, Batala, and Bathinda - the last one also being the most stunning result of the day as it was after 53 years that the city was returning to the Congress fold. While there was no clear winner in Moga, the Congress remained the single largest party. Mohali s results will be declared only tomorrow.
Punjab Municipal Election Results 2021: Congress party sweeps local body polls
India
Updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 23:44 [IST]
Chandigarh, Feb 17: The Congress party has bagged massive wins in the Punjab local body elections. The party bagged all the municipal corporations Moga, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Pathankot, Abohar, Batala and Bathinda. The Congress win in Bathinda is the most unusual as it has been a bastion of the Akalis for a very long time.
Overall, 71.39 per cent turnout was recorded in the polls for the civic bodies for which Congress, AAP, BJP and Akali Dal are taking on each other.
However, the result of the SAS Nagar municipal corporation is likely to be announced later.