Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh Election: BJP Wins 21 Seats Unopposed, SP Bags Only 1

Voting will be held in the remaining 53 districts of the state on July 3. The counting of votes will start from 3 PM on the same day. BJP candidates have won 21 seats unopposed.

Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh Election in UP: In the three-tier panchayat elections of Uttar Pradesh, the district panchayat president has been elected unopposed in 22 districts. Of these, 21 candidates are from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. State Election Commissioner Manoj Kumar informed that uncontested elections have been held for the post of Zila Panchayat President in 22 districts of the state namely 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. He added that the election for the remaining 53 districts of the state will be held on July 3. The counting of votes will start from 3 PM on the same day.

Samajwadi Party won in Etawah

Samajwadi Party has won in Etawah, while in the remaining districts BJP candidates stand victorious. BJP's state media in-charge Manish Dixit said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath the public's faith in the BJP has been further strengthened due to the steps taken for promoting public welfare and facilitating skill of the organizational leadership. This is the reason why the elected representatives of the people are also showing their trust in the BJP. He expressed hope that the BJP will also win a landslide victory in the election of district panchayat presidents to be held in the remaining 53 districts on Saturday.

Meanwhile, according to the report received from Baghpat, there was a ruckus in the election for the post of District Panchayat President, after an unknown woman pretended to be Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Mamta Kishore and tried to withdraw her name from the election. At the same time, Mamta Kishore claimed to be in Rajasthan by posting a video on the Internet. On this, RLD workers started a ruckus outside the District Magistrate's office. Later, Baghpat District Magistrate Rajkamal Yadav told that a woman had come to withdraw her nomination by pretending to be a RLD candidate. On receiving the complaint, the investigation was done and a phone call was made to RLD candidate Mamta Kishore. Enrollment not returned. Both RLD and BJP candidates will contest the elections.

Mamta Kishore RLD-SP joint candidate in Baghpat

The District Magistrate said that the woman who gave the affidavit by forging her signature will be investigated and based on the investigation report, strict legal action will be taken against her. RLD workers, creating a ruckus, calmed down after they were assured that strict measures will be adopted against the culprit. RLD leaders alleged that the administration is attacking democracy by employing a woman to withdraw her (Mamta's) nomination by posing as Mamta Kishore. RLD workers have released a video confirming that Mamta is in Rajasthan. An unknown woman posed as Mamta Kishore and took back her nomination from the election. Given the possibility of commotion, many security personnel have been deployed.

Before the nomination on Saturday, RLD candidate Mamta Kishore met journalists along with her husband Jaikishore and alleged that some BJP leaders had threatened her. However, now Mamta Kishor is the joint candidate of RLD-SP in Baghpat and she will face BJPs Babli Devi.