BJP sweeps local body plls in Jharkhand, credit goes to Raghubar Das

RANCHI: Ruling BJP on Friday swept all the five municipal corporations for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, polls for which were held on party lines for the first time in Jharkhand on Monday.nnAn elated chief minister Raghubar Das said it is the victory of politics of development of prime minister Narendra Modi.n”The people of the country have enormous faith in the leadership of the prime minister,” Das said.nnWhile Asha Lakra won the Mayor”s post for the Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Sanjiv Vijayavergiya won the deputy mayor’s post, state election commissioner NN Pandey told a press conference after counting of the votes of April 16 elections.nnWhile Lakra defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Varsha Gaadi, Vijayavergiya trounced Congress’s Rajesh Kumar Gupta.nnRANCHI: Ruling BJP on Friday swept all the five municipal corporations for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, polls for which were held on party lines for the first time in Jharkhand on Monday.nnAn elated chief minister Raghubar Das said it is the victory of politics of development of prime minister Narendra Modi.nn”The people of the country have enormous faith in the leadership of the prime minister,” Das said.nnWhile Asha Lakra won the Mayor”s post for the Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Sanjiv Vijayavergiya won the deputy mayor’s post, state election commissioner NN Pandey told a press conference after counting of the votes of April 16 elections.nnWhile Lakra defeated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Varsha Gaadi, Vijayavergiya trounced Congress’s Rajesh Kumar Gupta.nnFor Adityapur Municipal Corporation, Vinod Srivastav defeated Congress’s Yogendra Sharma for the post of mayor while Amit Singh won deputy mayor’s post defeating Manoj Mahto of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.nnFor Medininagar Municipal Corporation, Aruna Shankar defeated independent candidate Punam Singh to win the mayor’s post, Rakesh Kumar Singh defeated Congress’s Manoj Singh for the post of deputy mayor.nnSource: Press Trust of India