BJP sweeps Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls, Samajwadi Party alleges rigging

In what appears to be a great political premiere for the BJP in advance of the UP Assembly election early up coming yr, the bash has registered a thumping victory by profitable sixty five out of seventy five seats in the Uttar Pradesh Zila panchayat elections.

The Samajwadi Get together was ready to get only 6 seats at the polls. The Apna Dal gained the Sonbhadra seat while the Jansatta Dal, led by independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh or Raja Bhaiyya, has gained the Pratapgarh seat.

The Jaunpur seat was gained by Srikala Singh Reddy, wife of previous BSP MP Dhananjay Singh.

Chairpersons of 22 zila panchayats out of a whole of seventy five in Uttar Pradesh had been declared elected unopposed on Tuesday with BJP profitable 21 seats and a person seat (Etawah) went to Samajwadi Get together.

The districts where Zila panchayat chairpersons gained unopposed are Saharanpur, Bahraich, Etawah, Chitrakoot, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Moradabad, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Banda, Shravasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Mau, Varanasi, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur.

In accordance to experiences, the BJP-supported candidates managed to sign-up victory in Ayodhya and Mathura, the epicentre of Hindutva politics.

When in Ayodhya, BJP-backed applicant Roli Singh defeated SP-backed Indu Sen Yadav, in Mathura, BJP-supported applicant Kisan Singh registered a get in opposition to RLD-backed Rajendra Singh Sikarwar.

The BSP did not formally contest the elections and the Congress strike rock bottom and could not get even a solitary seat.

Adhering to the BJP’s victory at the Zila panchayat elections – counting for which was concluded on Saturday – the Samajwadi Get together workers staged protests outside several collectorate offices in different districts of Uttar Pradesh as the bash alleged rigging of elections.

Samajwadi Get together main Akhilesh Yadav accused the ruling BJP of applying dread and greed to grab the posts of chairpersons of the Zila panchayats. He also alleged that the BJP is applying the administration in each and every district to sign-up fake circumstances in opposition to SP candidates and threatening them. The bash urged Governor Anandiben Patel to intervene in this regard.

Shalabh Mani Tripathi, advisor to UP main minister, has lauded the people today of Uttar Pradesh and reported, “Men and women have produced it crystal clear what lies in their heart for those people who distribute chaos and corruption in UP. It is a significant victory for the BJP. This get of the Zila panchayat election is the victory of the people today of Uttar Pradesh. Individuals who have lost have nothing at all to say, thus they will degree allegations. The people today of Uttar Pradesh have demonstrated their religion in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and main minister Yogi Adityanath. Lots of opposition leaders have been declaring that this is a semi-last, thus the outcome of the semi-last is out and now the last (UP election) is awaited.”

–IANS

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