Gorakhpur: Losing Zila Panchayat candidates’ supporters allege admin bias, set police post afire
Gorakhpur: Losing Zila Panchayat candidates’ supporters allege admin bias, set police post afire
Ravi Nishad (ward number 60) and Kodai Nishad (ward number 64) claimed they had won the elections with more than 2,000 votes.
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The supporters of two unsuccessful Zila Panchayat candidates Wednesday accused the administration of bias, and staged violent protests by pelting stones at a fuel station and setting a police post afire, officials said.
They also surrounded the Brahammpur block during their protest, they said.
The two Zila Panchayat candidates Ravi Nishad (ward number 60) and Kodai Nishad (ward number 64) claimed they had won the elections with more than 2,000 votes, but the administration didn t give them the victory certificate.