The BJP won 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, while Yadav's party won only five seats.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hailed BJP's victory and said the results reflected public confidence in the state's good governance.
The SP alleged that the ruling party "kidnapped" voters and used "force" to stop them from voting. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of making a mockery of the elections, saying it is strange that while most results in the polls for the district panchayat members were in favour of his outfit, the BJP gained in the contest for the district panchayat chief.
Samajwadi Party workers who held a street protest on Saturday alleging rigging in the local body election in Prayagraj were met with a police baton charge.
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