If the results of municipal bypolls in the national capital are anything to go by, it should set the alarm bells ringing for the BJP, which has been in power in three civic bodies for about 14 years. The saffron unit failed to win a single seat in the byelections for five wards. Not only it failed to make any gains but also lost the Shalimar BaghNorth ward—a seat which has been its stronghold—by a margin of 2,705 votes.
These by-elections were being regarded as a semifinal before the full-fledged municipal elections. The leaders of three principal political parties in the city suggest that results would decide the course of elections early next year.
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