Kunwar Basit Ali, head of Uttar Pradesh BJP s minority cell, told PTI on Sunday that the party fielded a total of 395 Muslim candidates in the urban local body elections and 40-45 of them emerged victorious.
Seen as trial run before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, while Opposition parties left the responsibility of campaigning to local workers, the ruling BJP carried out an aggressive campaign
Station House Officer Rajkumar Pandey said more than 180 people staged a dharna at a police station following the detention of three persons for allegedly distributing money among voters ahead of the urban local body polls in UP