Up until now, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has recorded 10 wins in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) urban local body polls. Leading in all 17 municipal corporations, the party is set to continue its dominance in the municipal corporations.
Hailing the victory, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, "Compared to 2017 the BJP has won more than double seats in urban local body polls this year."
Deputy CM Brijesh Pathak said, "The BJP is on course to win all 17 local bodies. Our party has also performed very well in Nagar Nikay and Nagar Panchayat elections. I thank the people for reposing their electoral trust in us and assure them that the BJP will continue to take its welfare policies to the last man under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi."
So far, the party has won mayoral seats in Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad – as per the UP state election commission.
The UP CM had slammed Samajwadi Party while campaigning. He had alleged that those who were responsible for riots and curfews in Kanpur were the SP’s candidates in the urban local body polls.
Pathak congratulated the newly elected mayors and councilors, in a tweet on Saturday.