India, March 14 -- A day after comprehensively winning the Gurugram civic body polls, but missing out in Manesar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set its sights on the independent winners in the two municipal corporations in a bid to consolidate its control over the respective bodies, people aware of the matter said on Thursday.

The BJP in Gurugram secured 24 out of 36 wards in the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) elections, and was victorious in the mayoral polls by a massive 179,485 votes. Of the remaining seats, independent candidates managed to win 10.

However, the party suffered a setback in Manesar, as it could secure only seven of 20 wards in the Municipal Corporation of Manesar (MCM) polls, as independents won the re...