Independents swept the first-ever Block Development Council (BDC) polls in J&K by winning 217 of the 307 blocks for which elections were held on Thursday.
BJP, which expected a cakewalk with major political parties—Congress, National Conference (NC), PDP and CPM—boycotting the polls amid detention of their leaders following defanging of Article 370, came a distant second with 81 blocks.
Independents swept the first-ever Block Development Council (BDC) polls in J&K by winning 217 of the 307 blocks for which elections were held on Thursday.
BJP, which expected a cakewalk with major political parties—Congress, National Conference (NC), PDP and CPM—boycotting the polls amid detention of their leaders following defanging of Article 370, came a distant second with 81 blocks.
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