While the two parties did not win any mayor s seat, 19 candidates of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won as corporators, while eight Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates also became corporators. The AAP and AIMIM won three seats each for the post of chairperson of Nagar Palika Parishads in the state. UP Nagar Nikay Chunav 2023: AIMIM, AAP Make Fresh Inroads Into Uttar Pradesh Politics.
A close associate of the gangster-turned-politician, Guddu came back on police radar following the murder of advocate Umesh Pal and his two police gunners in Prayagraj on February 24
Gupta’s wife Abhilasha Gupta was a sitting mayor of Allahabad; BJP instead chose a candidate allegedly backed by deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, with whom too Nandi ties not too good
By getting Cong base of SCs and minorities into their respective folds, BSP and SP scripted end of its rule in UP. Realisation that their social bases were not enough first got them together