BJP state unit president Ravinder Raina said besides the JMC where the party won 43 seats out of the total 75, the BJP enjoys majority in 25 committees in Jammu region and eight in Kashmir valley.
“The BJP is also in the position of kingmaker as far as the selection of mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation is concerned,” Raina claimed.
He said the BJP faced resistance from its own rebels instead of candidates from the Congress or other parties.
“Eight Independents who have registered their victory in the JMC have returned to the party fold taking the number of our seats to over 50, ” Raina said.
He claimed the support of many Independents across the state.
On a question that the BJP suffered losses in Kathua district where people held rallies in support of the demand for a CBI probe into the rape and murder of a minor girl early this year when the party and the PDP were running the state in coalition, Raina said the party got majority in the council and is also forming the other municipal committees in the district.
On the failure of the BJP to open its account in the two municipal committees of Leh and Kargil in Ladakh region, the BJP leader said, “We did not have the results as per our expectations there”.
“Two senior leaders will be deputed to Leh tomorrow to look into the poor performance of the party. They will look into the reason and if there will be a need, course correction will be done,” he said
