The ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh has won 813 out of the 1,420 seats in the corporators category in the state s urban local body polls, while the opposition Samajwadi Party bagged 191 and the Bahujan Samaj Party 85.
For the parties, the selection of candidates for the urban local body election has become a headache with aspirants rebelling in case of the denial of the ticket.
Hearing a writ plea challenging the Bihar Municipal Polls 2022 and the report of the dedicated Commission constituted by the state government to study the representation of Other Backward Classes.
Following the Supreme Court giving a go-ahead to the UP State Election Commission to hold the urban local body polls with reservation for Other Backward Class (OBCs), the state government on Thursday issued a draft notification listing the reserved seats for the three-tier civic body.