Summary:
A day after the BJP wrested power in five district panchayats from the Congress, the latter hit back and dislodged the BJP from Dangs district panchayat. Both BJP and Congress had nine members in the 18-member Dangs district panchayat. State Congress president Amit Chavda alleged that the BJP had offered Rs25 lakh to Rs2 crore to engineer defections in the Congress. A day earlier, the BJP had wrested power in five district panchayats from Congress after the election for the post of president and vice president. Wife of dissident BJP leader Ramesh Chaudhary, Bibiben was also elected president of the district panchayat at the ensuing general board meeting, while Haresh Bachhav was elected vice president..