Up Civic Polls

BJP to form board on its own for 1st time in 13 UP municipal corporations

The number of Samajwadi Party councillors remained zero in Jhansi and the newly created Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation of Bundelkhand against BJP's 38 and 41 out of 60 seats each

SP, BSP blame BJP for their poor showing in Uttar Pradesh municipal polls

The party said it was yet to be confirmed if the counting was slow due to technical issues or was "slowed down for other reasons"

UP civic polls: SP leader, 180 others booked for violating conduct code

More than 180 people including a former Samajwadi Party MLA were booked for flouting the election Model Code of Conduct, prohibitory orders and Covid norms after they staged a dharna at a police station following the detention of three persons for allegedly distributing money among voters, officials said on Monday. The FIR against Mukesh Srivastava and others was lodged on Sunday at the Payagpur police station, they said. Station House Officer Rajkumar Pandey said it all started after three persons were detained and brought to the police station on Saturday over allegations of distributing money among voters. After the detention, Srivastava and others reached the police station and sat on a dharna, causing a traffic jam, he said. Taking note of this, an FIR was registered against them on Sunday for violating Model Code of Conduct for elections, prohibitory orders and Covid-19 provisions, he said. The urban body polls are scheduled on May 4 and May 11, and the counting of votes wil

Mayawati accuses BJP, SP of misusing official machinery to win civic polls

BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday attacked the BJP and the Samajwadi Party, alleging that they were not only misusing official machinery but also adopting different tricks to win the two-phase May Uttar Pradesh urban body polls. Seeking support for her party's candidates for the elections, she said the BSP will work for the wellbeing of everyone as well as get rid of corruption in local bodies. The BSP coming to power in local bodies is "necessary for liberation from tremendous corruption in these institutions and gross lack of development...", Mayawati said in series of tweets in Hindi. "In addition to the misuse of government machinery, the ruling parties (in local bodies), be it the BJP or the SP, adopt many tricks... in elections, but it is necessary that the enlightened and hard working urban people for their real interest, comfort, and cleanliness, and to curb corruption, effectively use their vote," the BSP president said. In a another tweet, she said,"... if the people of UP

UP civic polls: Yogi Adityanath's first big test after Assembly victory

Opposition parties are digging in their heels to give a tough fight and try to queer the pitch for the BJP over the issues of inflation and unemployment, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha contest

UP civic polls: Saffron tsunami for BJP, victory margins tell another tale

The BJP should, at least, hold the ladoos for a while

UP: Nawazuddin Siddiqui's sister-in-law loses local body polls

Saba Siddiqui contested the election on a Samajwadi Party ticket

UP civic polls: Early gains for BJP in 16 seats, counting continues

BJP's mayor candidates were leading in Meerut, Saharanpur, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Gorakhpur as per initial trends

Faulty EVMs, names missing from voter's list mar UP civic polls: Highlights

UP civic polls: Names missing from voter's list, EVM malfunctioning

UP civic polls: Booster shot for unorganised sector, local economy

Following the twin impacts of demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax

Video: UP cops force woman to shed burqa in public at Adityanath's rally

Saira she was a BJP worker and had come to the rally from her village wearing her 'traditional dress'

Ahead of UP civic polls, Akhilesh accuses BJP of making empty promises

Criticises Adityanath govt over deteriorating law & order conditions, farmer issues

UP civic poll: Yogi Adityanath to kickstart campaign from Ayodhya

He is also likely to visit the districts of Gonda and Bahraich on November 14

Beyond Ayodhya glitter, Yogi faces tough civic polls in Nov-Dec

The results would also present an opportunity to the party for course correction in their policies and governance