BJP did not sweep UP rural council polls. But does that matter ahead of the assembly elections?
BJP did not sweep UP rural council polls. But does that matter ahead of the assembly elections?
Travelling through three districts of western Uttar Pradesh, the anger against the Adityanath government is hard to miss. But it’s not uniform.
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Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh state president Swatantra Dev Singh and Chief Minister Adityanath celebrate their party's victory in the block panchayat elections on July 10.
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On July 3, Veerpal Narwal was elected chairperson of Muzaffarnagar’s district council. The road to the chair was a tough one for the Bharatiya Janata Party politician. In May, Narwal had almost lost the zila panchayat elections from his ward – it is the winners of these direct elections who can stand for and vote for the position of the district council’s chairperson. It was only after a controversial recount in May that Narwal, a medical doctor by training, was declared the winner by a margin of 59 votes in the ward of over 40,000 voters.