{"id":352428,"date":"2025-02-15T02:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T08:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=352428"},"modified":"2025-02-15T02:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T08:24:47","slug":"bjp-sweeps-local-body-elections-in-chhattisgarh-congress-wiped-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/bjp-sweeps-local-body-elections-in-chhattisgarh-congress-wiped-out\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP sweeps local body elections in Chhattisgarh, Congress Wiped Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/BJP-sweeps-local-body-elections-in-Chhattisgarh.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/BJP-sweeps-local-body-elections-in-Chhattisgarh.jpg 640w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/BJP-sweeps-local-body-elections-in-Chhattisgarh-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/BJP-sweeps-local-body-elections-in-Chhattisgarh-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/BJP-sweeps-local-body-elections-in-Chhattisgarh-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/BJP-sweeps-local-body-elections-in-Chhattisgarh-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered a landslide victory in Chhattisgarh\u2019s local body elections. The win has reaffirmed people&#8217;s support for the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Congress has faced a crushing defeat, the BJP has registered a clean sweep across municipal corporations, municipal councils, and nagar panchayats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBJP is heading towards a historic victory in the urban body elections of the state. I am grateful to the voters of the state for this unprecedented mandate. The way the hardworking workers of BJP took the achievements of the double engine government to the people, the way the organization participated in this election under an efficient strategy, this decisive lead is theirs,\u201d Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressing views on micro blogging site X he said, \u201cThe public trust that increased due to the work of the BJP government is seen turning into a mandate. We will work with more enthusiasm and do our utmost to live up to the expectations of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election outcomes clearly indicate that BJP has strengthened its presence at every level, while Congress has suffered significant losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Political analysts attribute BJP\u2019s massive win to the Chief Minister\u2019s governance, welfare initiatives, and extensive groundwork at the grassroots level. On the other hand, Congress has struggled with internal conflicts and leadership issues, which have contributed to its poor performance in these elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Sai expressed confidence that BJP would surely succeed and win in the state\u2019s municipal corporation elections 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The local body elections were held in Chhattisgarh on February 11 and results were declared today. The three-tier panchayat elections will take place in three phases on February 17, 20, and 23, with results to be announced on February 18, 21, and 24, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered a landslide victory in Chhattisgarh\u2019s local body elections. The win has reaffirmed people&#8217;s support for the party. While Congress has faced a crushing defeat, the BJP has registered a clean sweep across municipal corporations, municipal councils, and nagar panchayats. \u201cBJP is heading towards a historic victory in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":352429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2014],"tags":[16188,16691,16003,19193],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352430,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352428\/revisions\/352430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/352429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}