Local polls: Setback for BJP as all six members of family lose in Loha; NCP's 'Sharad Pawar' wins

The 'family pack' strategy of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Loha municipal council polls in Nanded came undone as its candidate for post of president Gajanan Suryavanshi and his five kin lost.

The post of president of Loha municipal council was won by Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party, whose candidate, incidentally, is named Sharad Pawar.

Counting of votes for elections to the posts of president and members in 286 municipal councils and nagar panchayats held in two phases began at 10am on Sunday.

Gajanan Suryavanshi, his wife Godavari Suryavanshi, brother Sachin Suryavanshi, sister-in-law Supriya Suryavanshi, brother-in-law Yuvraj Waghmare and nephew's wife Reena Vyavhare lost, officials said.

Incidentally, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi had slammed the BJP for ''dynastic politics'' in this connection.

The NCP emerged victorious in Loha, Kandhar, Degloor and Umri, while the BJP won in Kundalwadi, Mudkhed and Bhokar in Nanded district.

The Shiv Sena and Marathwada Janhit Party won from two places each, while the Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress emerged victorious from one place each, officials said.

Only the NCP (SP) led by opposition stalwart Sharad Pawar failed to capture any of the municipal councils that went to polls in the district, they added.

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