Political observers say that the BJP has the power to leverage support of independent candidates and will manage to get their people elected.
AGRA: Despite being in power for the past four years and its spectacular performance in Lok Sabha elections in 2019, the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) faced a major setback in panchayat polls as it failed to garner majority seats in Mathura, Mainpuri and Aligarh.
The local body polls were held less than a year before the assembly elections are scheduled in the state.
The ongoing farmers’ protests and the shoddy handling of the Covid crisis during the past month could have contributed to BJP’s debacles, say political experts.
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Delhi Police SHO (Alipur) Pradeep Paliwal was injured after a man attacked him with a sword, an official said. The police resorted to lathicharge and used tear gas shells to defuse the situation. The protesters, claiming to be residents of nearby villages, said they wanted the site vacated as the prolonged farmers’ stir was affecting their livelihood.
At Tikri too, over 200 persons carrying the Tricolour demanded that the protest site be vacated. The police, however, intervened timely.