At 3 p.m the counting of the votes for UP Block Panchayat Chief had been concluded. On Saturday, the votes were polled for 476 posts of the block panchayat chiefs in Uttar Pradesh. The voting was held from 11 a.m to 3 p.m and the certificates would be issued to the candidates by today itself.
BJP won overall seats of 8 blocks in Lucknow and Kannauj, and the party had registered victory of six out of eight seats in Moradabad and three seats in Bhadohi out of the six seats, BJP won 15 out of 19 seats in Sitapur and in Hardoi BJP won 14 seats out of 19 blocks, whereas the saffron party won 14 seats in Agra and in Barauli Aheer the BJP defeated the SP where the polls were held.
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, directed his officials to tighten the security arrangements and it should be available on each block where the counting was being held.
Yogi Adityanath said that there must be a system in place where the winning and losing candidates would be escorted to their homes under police protection.
CM Adityanath added that the police force should remain on extra alert and be sensitive, and stringent actions must be initiated against the people who indulged in vitiating the atmosphere.
On Friday, a total of 349 candidates had been elected for the block panchayat chief posts. Friday was the last day for the withdrawal of nomination papers.
Manoj Kumar, the State Election Commissioner, said that 1778 nomination papers were received for 825 posts of the block panchayat chief, out of which, 68 were canceled and 187 withdrew. The State Election Commission announced that the candidates on the 349 posts had been elected unopposed, and the BJP claimed that the 334 among the winning candidates belonged to their party.
Swatantra Dev Singh, the UP BJP chief, said that a state of development and good governance had been established by eradicating casteism and corruption in UP after the government was formed under the leadership of CM Yogi Adityanath.