BJP Sweeps Maharashtra Rural Polls; NCP Alliance Pays Off

BJP sweeps Maharashtra rural polls; NCP alliance pays off

BJP leads in zilla parishad and panchayat samiti polls, while Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena outpaces the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction; NCP factions gain by contesting together.

BJP Sweeps Rural Maharashtra While NCP Gains From Merger; Shinde Sena Leaves Behind UBT Faction

Mumbai: The BJP emerged a clear winner in the zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections across Maharashtra, the results of which were declared on Monday. The tie-up between the two factions of the NCP also seems to have paid off, with the party bagging 165 of the 731 zilla parishad seats. The Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena has also done much better than the Sena (UBT). The BJP emerged as the single largest party, winning 225 of the 7…