Bangalore, April 05: Nearly two years after it formed the first-ever saffron government in the South, Ruling BJP today created history again when it captured the prestigious Bangalore City Corporation for the first time winning the civic polls.
In an emphatic victory, the BJP secured a clear majority unseating the Congress and reasserting its supremacy in the country’s IT hub.
Of the total 198 wards in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, BJP, which formed its first government in May 2008, seized control of the civic body, belying forecasts of a fractured verdict.
With results for 192 of the total 198 BBMP wards available, BJP bagged 110, Congress 61 and the H D Devegowda-led JD(S) came a poor third with 14. Seven wards were bagged by others.
“It’s a befitting reply (to the Congress and JDS).
–Agencies