Up Panchayat Polls

Samajwadi Party's Lakhimpur Kheri leader whose "saree" was allegedly pulled up by BJP workers during the UP panchayat polls joined the Congress in the presence of party's national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra here on Saturday.

A head constable posted at the Vijay Nagar Police Stationwas on Saturday suspended for allegedly terrifying and forcing villagers to cast their votes in favour of his relative during panchayat elections here, officials said.

The Uttar Pradesh government will give Rs 30 lakh as compensation to the family of each of its over 2,000 employees, half of them teachers, who died due to Covid during the panchayat polls duty.

The Samajwadi Party on Thursday held protests across Uttar Pradesh over the alleged irregularities in the elections to the posts of the block and district panchayat chiefs.

Priyanka Gandhi alleged that the BJP tried to "crush democracy with its jungle raj" in these elections.

In one of the more incredible scenes to emerge from the local elections held in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer was caught on camera chasing down a TV reporter in public and beating him viciously.

Generally not the ones to be caught helpless, the complaint of a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer on a call with bosses has gone viral as an example of the glaring breakdown of order during local polls.

Sticks, stones, guns and bombs tarred local polls in Uttar Pradesh, where political developments have assumed heightened significance ahead of the all-important state elections early next year, as the ruling BJP claimed a "historic victory".

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over law and order, saying a "jungle raj" is prevailing in the state as violence marred the panchayat polls and women faced indecent behaviour.

Voting for 476 posts of block panchayat chiefs began at 11 am in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the State Election Commission said.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Friday said the elections for the district panchayat chairpersons and block heads in Uttar Pradesh were reminiscent of the "gross misuse of official machinery, money power and violence during Samajwadi Party rule

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav today charged the ruling BJP with making a mockery of the elections to the posts of district panchayat chief, alleging that it "kidnapped" voters and used "force" to prevent them from voting.

The BJP clinched a massive victory in local body elections in Uttar Pradesh, in a big setback for Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. The BJP took 67 seats in the zila panchayat chairperson election where 75 seats were at stake.

Accusing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of rigging the elections for district panchayat chairpersons, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today said his "undemocratic behaviour poses a threat" to constitutional institutions.

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati today said her party will not contest the zila panchayat chairpersons' elections so that it can focus on next year's assembly polls, drawing accusations from the Congress that she is pulling out to help the BJP.

Samajwadi Party's Lakhimpur Kheri leader whose "saree" was allegedly pulled up by BJP workers during the UP panchayat polls joined the Congress in the presence of party's national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra here on Saturday.

A head constable posted at the Vijay Nagar Police Stationwas on Saturday suspended for allegedly terrifying and forcing villagers to cast their votes in favour of his relative during panchayat elections here, officials said.

The Uttar Pradesh government will give Rs 30 lakh as compensation to the family of each of its over 2,000 employees, half of them teachers, who died due to Covid during the panchayat polls duty.

The Samajwadi Party on Thursday held protests across Uttar Pradesh over the alleged irregularities in the elections to the posts of the block and district panchayat chiefs.

Priyanka Gandhi alleged that the BJP tried to "crush democracy with its jungle raj" in these elections.

In one of the more incredible scenes to emerge from the local elections held in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer was caught on camera chasing down a TV reporter in public and beating him viciously.

Generally not the ones to be caught helpless, the complaint of a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer on a call with bosses has gone viral as an example of the glaring breakdown of order during local polls.

Sticks, stones, guns and bombs tarred local polls in Uttar Pradesh, where political developments have assumed heightened significance ahead of the all-important state elections early next year, as the ruling BJP claimed a "historic victory".

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over law and order, saying a "jungle raj" is prevailing in the state as violence marred the panchayat polls and women faced indecent behaviour.

Voting for 476 posts of block panchayat chiefs began at 11 am in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the State Election Commission said.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Friday said the elections for the district panchayat chairpersons and block heads in Uttar Pradesh were reminiscent of the "gross misuse of official machinery, money power and violence during Samajwadi Party rule

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav today charged the ruling BJP with making a mockery of the elections to the posts of district panchayat chief, alleging that it "kidnapped" voters and used "force" to prevent them from voting.

The BJP clinched a massive victory in local body elections in Uttar Pradesh, in a big setback for Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. The BJP took 67 seats in the zila panchayat chairperson election where 75 seats were at stake.

Accusing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of rigging the elections for district panchayat chairpersons, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today said his "undemocratic behaviour poses a threat" to constitutional institutions.

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati today said her party will not contest the zila panchayat chairpersons' elections so that it can focus on next year's assembly polls, drawing accusations from the Congress that she is pulling out to help the BJP.