Even before the local body elections, many municipalities went uncontested, BJP took control of Halol, Bantwa, Jafrabad municipalities

There has been a lot of upheaval in the local body elections even before the voting. In Upleta, Rajkot, 13 Congress candidates withdrew their forms and 5 BJP candidates were declared unopposed. In Jafrabad Municipality, Amreli, 16 out of 28 candidates went unopposed, creating a wave of saffron even before the elections. Similarly, in Bantwa Municipality, Junagadh, Congress candidates withdrew their forms and BJP won 15 out of 24 seats. BJP has a…