Gujarat people have completely wiped out Congress: CM

Gandhinagar, March 2 : Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday said that the people of the state have wiped out the Congress and reduced it to a level where it is not even considered fit to be in the Opposition.
He was addressing the media at the state BJP headquarters in ‘Shri Kamalam’ here, where the party on Tuesday celebrated its impending victory in the local body elections.
As per the results received for all the municipalities till 6 p.m. on Tuesday, BJP captured 2,027 seats, followed by Congress (375), Independents (168), Aam Aadmi Party (9), Bahujan Samajwadi Party (6), and others (24).
In the district panchayat polls, 771 seats went to the BJP, 164 to the Congress, 3 to the independents, 2 to the AAP, 1 to the BSP and 4 to the others.
In the tehsil polls, 3,236 seats went to the BJP, 1,201 to the Congress, 112 to Independents, 31 to AAP, 4 to BSP and 16 to other candidates. The AAP has opened its account in the Junagadh Tehsil Panchayat.
“The Congress has been totally wiped out. Gujarati people have not even considered them worthy of selecting them as Opposition. They have secured very few seats as the people have rejected the party completely,” Rupani said.