BJP President JP Nadda, on Tuesday, lauded the party's performance in the city corporation polls in Karnataka and congratulated the state leadership, including Chief Minister BS Bommai, for a the party’s performance.
“Thanks to people-friendly policies of PM Narendra Modi, we have won Belagavi City Corporation for the first time. It's a matter of pride that Karnataka BJP has emerged as single largest party in Hubballi-Dharwad corporation and performed exceedingly well in Kalaburgi Corporation,” Nadda said in a tweet.
He lauded Bommai, State party chief Nalin Kateel and party workers for ensuring that the “BJP won bigger than it did last time.”
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party received a shot in the arm in the State as they got a 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 the Congress got absolute majority in Tarikere Town Municipal Council in Chikkamagaluru district.
The elections took place on September 3 and the results were announced on Monday.
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