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BJP-led NDA sweeps first Silchar civic polls with 34 seats<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP-led NDA won the first elections to the Silchar Municipal Corporation on Tuesday, securing 34 of the 42 seats.Reacting to the result, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Congress performs poorly even when elections are held through paper ballots.\u201cSee, Congress loses even on paper ballots. In fact, Congress loses even more on paper ballots. That\u2019s why in EVMs, sometimes people go and press NOTA or get panicked seeing the machine and vote in the wrong place. But people are well-practiced in voting on paper ballots. So whenever voting happens on paper ballots, Congress loses even more,\u201d Sarma said.Polling for the 40 wards was held on October 3, while BJP candidates Bijendra Prasad Singh and Bhakti Sen Talukdar were elected unopposed from wards 9 and 20, respectively. Counting of votes began at 8 am, with ballot papers used in the elections.Sarma said the verdict reflected the people’s faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his vision for urban governance under the Viksit Bharat initiative.“Another day, another win for @BJP4Assam! The people of Silchar have given us a thumping majority in the Silchar Municipal Corporation elections, held through BALLOT PAPER,” Sarma said in a post on X.He thanked the people of Silchar for the \u201cresounding mandate\u201d and reiterated his government’s commitment to making the city \u201cone of Assam’s foremost cities\u201d.Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia said the results showed that Congress had failed to win public support even in an election conducted through ballot papers.“The Congress always complains about EVM tampering, but this election was held through ballot papers, and they are nowhere,” he told reporters.The BJP won 32 seats, while its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) secured two. The Congress won two seats and Independents six, officials said. The BJP has sought recounting in two wards, 29 and 30, where an Independent candidate and a Congress candidate, respectively, emerged victorious. A decision on the demand is yet to be taken, they said.<\/p>\n

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