The parties of 'bhai-behen' and 'bua-babua' gave guns to the youth but the BJP has given them tablets, said UP CM Yogi Adityanath ahead of urban local body polls on May 4 and 11 in UP.
Bihar civic polls: The second phase of voting was held in 23 districts of the state wherein 61,94, 826 persons exercised their right to franchise.
Addressing the 'Prabuddha Jan Sammelan' here, Aditynath said, "After the Centre, our government was formed in the state, and the process of development, which the 'double engine' government has started, should not stop. Hence, it is necessary that the 'third engine' also joins."
MCD Elections 2022: Thousands of people gathered at Chandrawal road, holding party flags and banners of Kejriwal, who took out a roadshow in Malka Ganj in New Delhi to urge people to vote for the party.
MCD Elections 2022: The SEC has launched a campaign theme song, with tag line -'Loktantra ka Samman Karen, Aao hum matdan karen', the officials said.
MCD Election 2022: Polling to the MCD will be held on December 4 and the counting of votes will take place on December 7.
MCD Election 2022: So far, just 35 nominations have been filed since the process opened on November 7, according to the officials.
AAP's candidate Rani Agarwal secured the position after garnering more than 9000 votes after defeating Congress and BJP candidates.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), a total of 13,148 polling booths have been set up for the first phase of civic polls.
Ahead of assembly elections, the party has decided to take an attempt at the civic polls. Out of the 13 candidates announced by the party, 6 are women.
The plea was filed after the Delhi State Election Commission indefinitely deferred the MCD elections.
AAP workers and leaders protested near the party office, demanding the announcement of the dates of the civic polls in Delhi. The party had plans to gherao the BJP headquarters.
Delhi govt provides "all the funds" to municipal corporations ruled by the BJP, yet they face shortage of funds "due to rampant corruption" prevailing there, the deputy CM said.
In the Chennai Corporation area, the repolling would be in a booth (Washermenpet) under Ward 51 and another polling station (Odaikuppam-Besant Nagar) in Ward 179.
The single-phase election was held to fill up 12,838 posts in 21 corporations, 138 municipalities, 490 town panchayats and 649 urban local bodies in the state. A total of 74,416 candidates including many independents entered the fray.
The counting of votes would commence on February 22 in 268 centers. The urban civic polls were last held in Tamil Nadu in 2011 when the AIADMK was in power.
An argument ensued over a woman voter wearing a 'Hijab', and polling officials said she was identified on the basis of her voter card (EPIC) and her face was not covered.
As many as 57,778 candidates are in the fray for 12,607 posts of ward members in 648 urban local bodies including municipal corporations, municipalities and town panchayats and the voting exercise began in over 31,000 polling stations.
In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the people of Tripura have given a clear message that they prefer politics of good governance.
Apart from the scheduled security deployment, Tripura State Rifles and central armed police force have been deployed for the maintenance of law and order in areas adjoining the counting centers.
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