BJP's Maharashtra unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday claimed 259 candidates supported by hi⛦s party and 40 nominees backed by the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena have been elected as sarp🏅anches in the just-held elections to gram panchayats in the state.
The elections were held on non-party basis and counting of votes was taken up on Monday. Besi🧸des elections to gram panchayats⛦, direct polls for the post of village sarpanches were also held.
Final result of the election
Voting for elections t🐟o 547 gram panchayats spread across 16 districts of the state was held on Sunday and 76 per cent turnout was reported.
Mr Bawankule, addressing a press conference here, saꦍid 259 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-supported candidates have been elected as sarpanches.
The former minister further claimed said 40 nominees backed by the Shiv Sen🐟a faction headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, an ally of the BJP, have also been elected as sarpanches.
In all, more🌱 than 50 per cent of the newly-elected sarpanches are supporters of the Shinde-BJP alliance, he said.
"Gram panchayat results today have co💖nfirmed Maharashtra's faith in the Shinde-Fadnavis government," Mr Bawankule said.
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis is the deputy chief minister in the Shinde-led g🌜overnment which took office in June-end.
Mr Shinde, along with 39 other MLAs, walked out of the Shiv Sena in June after raising a banne🅰r of revolt agianst the leadership of party president Uddhav Thackeray.
(With PTI Inputs)
