UP Panchayat polls Archives

BSP expels two senior MLAs for anti-party activities in Panchayat poll

BSP chief Mayawati (File Photo, Image credit: Deccan Herald)

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader, Mayawati, on Thursday (June 3) expelled two of the senior party MLAs for their anti-party activities in the Panchayat poll held in the second half of April and in which it performed badly. The…

Corona virus wreaking havoc in Uttar Pradesh after rural bodies’ poll

File Photo of corona virus patients in a Varanasi hospital (Image credit: ThePrint)

The Panchayat election in Uttar Pradesh has started taking a huge toll with reports claiming that thousands of cases of corona virus are coming daily from the rural areas of the state. According to an NDTV report, at least six…

Post-rural bodies’ poll violence in UP, BJP faces defeat in Ayodhya, Banaras, Mathura

Counting of votes for UP panchayat polls going on in Lucknow (Image credit: NDTV)

Several people were injured and a police outpost torched in post-panchayat poll violence at a few places in Uttar Pradesh. Clashes occurred in Gorakhpur, Sitapur, Barabanki and other places after the counting was over on May 5. According to reports…