Compensation must at least be Rs one crore for death of polling officers due to Covid: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday said that the amount of compensation for polling officers, who died due to Covid-19 during UP Panchayat elections, must at least be Rs one crore.
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Uttar Pradesh held panchayat polls in four phases ending April 29. (PTI)
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday observed that the amount of compensation for polling officers, who died due to Covid-19 during Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh, is very less and the compensation must at least be to the tune of Rs one crore.
2 UP village pradhans arrested for pro-Pakistan slogans, another for cow slaughter
2 UP village pradhans arrested for pro-Pakistan slogans, another for cow slaughter
The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested two village pradhans for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans while another was booked under the cow slaughter act.
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The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested three newly-elected village pradhans in separate cases. While two were arrested for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans and songs while taking out victory processions in Sitapur and Amethi districts, another was booked in Sonbhadra under UP s cow slaughter act.
Despite strict orders from the district administration that winning candidates in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat election will not take out victory rallies due to the Covid-19 surge, the accused village heads did not comply.
India News: LUCKNOW/AGRA: The Samajwadi Party (SP) is surging ahead in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls, considered the bellwether of the high-stakes assembly po.
Candidates and their followers waiting for results as Officers busy Counting of votes of Zila and Gram Panchayat in Prayagraj (PTI)
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.
UP panchayat polls: Kin of several political leaders taste defeat in Ballia
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Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 03:03 PM IST
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In a statement on Sunday, the State Election Commission (SEC) said over 1.12 lakh people have emerged victorious for the post of members of village panchayats, 16,510 have won the post of pradhan of village panchayat, while 35,812 candidates have claimed victory on the post of members of kshetra
Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly and senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Govind Chowdhury s son, Ranjit Chowdhury, lost the election for the seat of a district panchayat member here, officials said.
Kin of several other political leaders too tasted defeat in the panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh. Over three lakh candidates were declared elected unopposed by the state poll body, shortly before the counting began on Sunday.