Porbandar suspense ends, Congress to rule local body

Congress party will rule Saurashtra’s Porbandar Municipality where both BJP and Congress had been victorious on equal number of seats in 21 October election.

There are total 42 seats in Porbandar Municipality. The election result shocked both major parties, as each BJP and Congress won ditto 21 seats, causing a tie.

However today on 8 November, when newly elected councilors met to elect new President of the Municipality, three BJP councilor remained absent, which caused Congress party’s victory here. Moreover one BJP councilor Manjulaben Lodhari has joined Congress, which is a huge setback to BJP here.