Gorakhpur: The supporters of two district panchayat member election candidates accused the administration of partiality and burnt down the Nai Bazar police post after staging a demonstration at Nai Bazar chauraha and pelting stones at a filling station on Wednesday.
Ravi Nishad who contested district panchayat member seat from ward number 60 and Kodai Nishad, the candidate from ward number 64, claimed they had won their elections with more than 2,000 votes but the administration didn’t give certificates to them on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday morning the certificate of victory was given to Gopal Yadav for ward number 60 and Gabbar Yadav for ward number 64.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) is surging ahead in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls
LUCKNOW/AGRA: The Samajwadi Party (SP) is surging ahead in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls, considered the bellwether of the high-stakes assembly polls next year, with counting trends indicating that SP-supported candidates were frontrunners in 747 zila panchayat wards, while BJP-backed nominees were leading or have won 666 seats.
This has led to BJP scrambling to open back-channel negotiations with Independents who have won or are leading in 3,050 zila panchayat wards to seize control over the top tier of rural local bodies.
Top sources in BJP said, the party is trying to reach out to 1,238 Independent candidates to wrest maximum posts of zila panchayat chairpersons, which would be held through indirect election.