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BJP sweeps Gujarat Panchayat Elections

The Bhartiya Janata Party has swept Panchayat Elections in Gujarat. The party has won 22 of 24 district panchayats, 178 of 208 block panchayats and 47 out of 52 municipalities that went to the polls on Thursday last. The BJP has also wrested tribal district of Dang and Anand in central Gujarat from the Congress. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has describes the poll outcome as victory of BJP's development agenda. Meanwhile, State Congress President Sidharth Patel and Congress Legislature Party Leader Shaktisinh Gohil have resigned from their posts citing poor performance of the party in Panchayat polls.

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