Assam : BJP bags Karbi Anglong council winning all but two seats
The saffron party won 24 out of the council's 26 seats and the rest two went to independent candidates.
The party, which leads a coalition government in the state, broke all previous all records with its victory in the KAA with the opposition, Congress and Hills State Demand Council (HSDC) being totally wiped out.
The council poll was held on June 17 and the counting was held on Thursday.
This is first time that Congress is totally washed out in the KAAC polls.
The council was constituted in 1952 to preserve the political and traditional identity of the Karbi community.
On the other hand, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an alliance partner of the coalition government in the state, had contested the KAAC polls on its own and fielded candidates for 14 seats. It failed to win a single seat.
The HSDC (previously known as ASDC), a regional party of Karbi Anglong that was in power from 1986 to 2001, had won maximum 22 seats in 1989 election.
On the other hand, Congress ruled the council from 2001 to 2015.
Meanwhile, BJP's Assam unit president Ranjit Kumar Dass said the party would decide who would be the next Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the council after consulting with the newly elected council members, MLAs and the people of the hills district.
"This mandate indicates that, the people of Karbi Anglong want development," Dass said.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
Image: Facebook page of BJP Assam Pradesh.
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