BJP sweeps Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls, Samajwadi Party alleges rigging

In what seems to be a great political premiere for the BJP in advance of the UP Assembly election early next year, the celebration has registered a thumping victory by winning sixty five out of seventy five seats in the Uttar Pradesh Zila panchayat elections.

The Samajwadi Occasion was in a position to win only 6 seats at the polls. The Apna Dal won the Sonbhadra seat when the Jansatta Dal, led by unbiased MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh or Raja Bhaiyya, has won the Pratapgarh seat.

The Jaunpur seat was won by Srikala Singh Reddy, wife of former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh.

Chairpersons of 22 zila panchayats out of a full of seventy five in Uttar Pradesh experienced been declared elected unopposed on Tuesday with BJP winning 21 seats and one particular seat (Etawah) went to Samajwadi Occasion.

The districts exactly where Zila panchayat chairpersons won unopposed are Saharanpur, Bahraich, Etawah, Chitrakoot, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Moradabad, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Banda, Shravasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Mau, Varanasi, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur.

In accordance to reports, the BJP-supported candidates managed to sign up victory in Ayodhya and Mathura, the epicentre of Hindutva politics.

Whilst in Ayodhya, BJP-backed candidate Roli Singh defeated SP-backed Indu Sen Yadav, in Mathura, BJP-supported candidate Kisan Singh registered a win against RLD-backed Rajendra Singh Sikarwar.

The BSP did not formally contest the elections and the Congress hit rock base and could not win even a single seat.

Adhering to the BJP’s victory at the Zila panchayat elections – counting for which was accomplished on Saturday – the Samajwadi Occasion staff staged protests outdoors different collectorate offices in unique districts of Uttar Pradesh as the celebration alleged rigging of elections.

Samajwadi Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the ruling BJP of making use of dread and greed to seize the posts of chairpersons of the Zila panchayats. He also alleged that the BJP is making use of the administration in every district to sign up faux scenarios against SP candidates and threatening them. The celebration urged Governor Anandiben Patel to intervene in this regard.

Shalabh Mani Tripathi, advisor to UP chief minister, has lauded the people of Uttar Pradesh and said, “Men and women have produced it crystal clear what lies in their heart for those people who spread chaos and corruption in UP. It is a huge victory for the BJP. This win of the Zila panchayat election is the victory of the people of Uttar Pradesh. Those who have dropped have practically nothing to say, as a result they will amount allegations. The people of Uttar Pradesh have shown their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Quite a few opposition leaders were indicating that this is a semi-ultimate, as a result the final result of the semi-ultimate is out and now the ultimate (UP election) is awaited.”

–IANS

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