Fadnavis jibe at Opposition: Unopposed win during Congress tenure was democracy, but same during BJP becomes a threat to democracy

Out of 68 unopposed candidates, BJP leads in 44 across the state in the municipal corporation polls. In the first phase polls for municipal council and nagar panchayats, BJP won 100 seats unopposed, setting the trend of largescale unopposed victories in the three-tier local body polls.

The elections for 29 municipal corporations including BMC will take place on January 15.

The opposition parties including Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP) and MNS have alleged that BJP and its alliance partner Shiv Sena had misused power and intimidated candidates to withdraw from the contest to facilitate unopposed victory in 68 places in the state.

Rubbishing opposition charges, Fadnavis said, “The problem is opposition is unwilling to reconcile to the BJP’s popularity among people. They cannot digest our victory and acceptance among masses.” According to Fadnavis, “At least 35 Lok Sabha MPs have got elected unopposed so far, of which 33 were elected during Congress rule.”