BJP Claims “Historic Victory” In UP Local Elections, Marked By Violence

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    UP Block Panchayat Chief Polls: Clashes have been reported in lots of locations in UP amid voting.

    Lucknow:

    Violence in a number of locations tarred native polls in Uttar Pradesh, the place political developments have assumed heightened significance forward of the all-important state elections early subsequent 12 months, because the ruling BJP claimed a “historic victory” on Saturday.

    Counting of votes for the 476 posts of block panchayat chiefs has concluded, experiences mentioned, after the polling ended at 3 pm.

    Whereas opposition events together with former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Social gathering alleged widespread rigging and manipulation by the BJP, the ruling celebration claimed a “historic victory”.

    “Within the elections for Block Panchayat Chiefs, the BJP is successful greater than 635 seats with its allies and supporters. This quantity will improve additional after the ultimate outcomes are out,” Chief Minister Yogi  Adityanath mentioned at a information convention.

    There have been experiences of violence from the Hamirpur district the place opposition Samajwadi Social gathering employees alleged that BJP activists attacked them with sticks and stopped their voters from reaching the polling cubicles. Policemen have been additionally crushed up within the conflict and automobiles broken.

    In Chandauli district too BJP and Samajwadi employees clashed, with incidents of stone-throwing and bikes being vandalised. The police had to make use of sticks to beat again the preventing political employees. Related incidents have been reported in Etawah and Ayodhya districts amongst others as properly.

    Many Samajwadi leaders posted movies of the clashes and accused the BJP of influencing the voting with assaults. In one of many movies, a senior police officer in Etawah is heard complaining to a senior that he was slapped by supporters of the BJP.

    There have been experiences the journalists being attacked as properly.

    A complete of 349 candidates for the block panchayat chief posts have been elected unopposed on Friday, the final day for the withdrawal of nomination papers. Some 1,700 candidates went to the elections on Saturday.

    Because the State Election Fee introduced that candidates on 349 posts have been elected unopposed, an office-bearer of the BJP claimed that 334 among the many successful candidates belonged to the ruling celebration.

    Opposition events, together with the Samajwadi Social gathering, the Bahujan Samaj Social gathering and the Congress, have accused the ruling BJP of stomping on democratic rules and attacked it for allegedly exhibiting “utter disrespect” to ladies through the election course of.

    They accused the federal government of misusing energy and official equipment within the panchayat elections.

    Hitting out on the BJP authorities, BSP chief Mayawati alleged that there’s “jungle raj” within the state.

    In a tweet in Hindi on Saturday, she mentioned, “Within the reign of the current BJP authorities in UP, there isn’t a rule of legislation, however a jungle raj is prevailing there, underneath which there was widespread violence within the panchayat polls, and there was indecent behaviour with a girl in Lakhimpur Kheri.”

    Earlier this week, the BJP clinched an enormous victory in one other set of native physique elections in Uttar Pradesh, in an enormous setback for Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Social gathering. The BJP took 67 seats within the zila panchayat chairperson election the place 75 seats have been at stake. Mr Yadav’s celebration received solely 5 seats.

    (With inputs from PTI)

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