Latur: The election for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor in Latur Municipal Corporation of Marathwada has been defeated by BJP. Even after being a majority in Latur Municipal Corporation with 70 councilors, the BJP has faced defeat in the mayoral election. Two of his councilors changed sides and voted in favor of the Congress candidate. After being able to form a government in Maharashtra, now the local bodies have started seeing an impact on the BJP's power. The term of mayor in Maharashtra is two and a half years.

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Two and a half years ago BJP won in Latur Municipal Corporation. The BJP then got 36 seats, while only 33 Congress councilors won. The mayoral post was also won by the BJP. Votes were counted for both the positions, with hands up in the election for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor on Friday. Congress candidate for the post of Mayor Vikrant Gojmunde received 35 votes. So he got 33 votes in favor of BJP's Shailesh Gojmunde.

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It is considered a big setback for the BJP. Two BJP councilors have voted in support of the Congress. Even after a majority in Latur Municipal Corporation, the BJP has lost power due to the rebellion. Latur district is the Congress mess. Late Congress leader and former Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh have had influence in this district. After that, his elder son Amit Deshmukh tried to strengthen the Congress in Latur, but since Congress came to power in Maharashtra in 2014, BJP's dominance has increased here.

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