The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election results were announced today.
The ruling BJP-SAD alliance has won a majority by bagging 21 wards in totals. BJP has won 20. Akali has won 1. Congress party has won four seats, Independent candidate have won one seat each. The counting is still in progress.
- The BJP President also thanked the people of Chandigarh for supporting the party.
- He said that every win after the Prime Minister's announcement to demonetise higher denomination currency notes signifies that people approve of the PM's move.
- On Monday, the BJP president Amit Shah hit out at opposition parties over demonetisation saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking decisions in the larger interest of the country and not to suit their whims and fancies.
- On the second and last day of state BJP's 'Chintan Shibir' in Ahmedabad, Shah told the party leaders that running a nation is different from bringing a change to it.
- "Running a country and bringing change to it are two separate things, and BJP-led Centre has chosen the way to change the nation for the benefit of it's citizens. Till now, Congress ran the country in an ordinary and corrupt manner,"Shah was quoted as saying in a release issued by Gujarat BJP.
- The 'Shibir' is seen as the party's exercise to chalk out road-map for 2017 Gujarat Assembly polls.
- In his speech, Shah called upon the cadres to engage in a massive drive to spread awareness about cashless transactions.
- "PM Modi's decision on demonetisation has been well received by the citizens. To help people in learning various modes of cashless transactions, I urge all the MPs, MLAs and all the party leaders as well as workers to organise programmes across the state.
- For BJP, nation always comes first," the BJP chief added.
(With inputs from PTI)