Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday thanked the people after counting trends for the civic polls put the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a clear lead over rivals Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress in all 17 local bodies.
He knocked on the BJP s doors but got a rude jolt when the party ignored his pleas and announced the names of Dharmendra Singh Senthwar and Nirmala Paswan as its two candidates for the Uttar Pradesh legislative council bypoll.Suheldev Bhartiya .