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Bhim Army to contest UP panchayat polls
By IANS| Published: 23rd December 2020 12:04 pm IST
Azamgarh (UP), Dec 23 : After Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), now the Bhim Army has announced that it will field candidates in the 2021 panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said that he decided to contest the panchayat elections as “atrocities on Dalits were increasing in rural areas” of the state.
He also accused the Yogi Adityanath government of “settling scores with the opposition” by targeting their supporters and expressed concern over law and order in UP.
The panchayat elections are likely to be held in March-April 2021. The term of present panchayats will expire this month.
UP: Police stops wedding ceremony of Muslim couple over ‘love jihad’ rumour
The groom claimed that he was beaten up by police.
By Sameer| Published: 11th December 2020 4:25 pm IST Representational Photo
Lucknow: Love jihad has become a sensitive issue in UP and it seems even miscreants are now taking advantage of it. In one such incident, some persons made a phone call to Kushinagar police claiming that a Muslim boy is marrying a Hindu girl after converting her religion, the Indian Express reported on Friday.
Reacting over it, police has not only stopped the wedding ceremony but also took the couple, Haider Ali (39) and Shabeela Khatoon (28) to the police station.