LUCKNOW, May 11, 2023 (TBINN)
Voting for the final phase of urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh covering 38 districts, including Meerut, Ghaziabad, Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Aligarh, Kanpur and Ayodhya began today morning.
Voting started at 7 A.M. which will last till 6 P.M. today.
Polls are considered significant as political parties are trying to showcase their strength before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Campaigning for the final phase ended on Tuesday evening with Bhartiya Janta Party and Samajwadi Party leaders criss-crossing the poll-bound areas.
Shahjahanpur will vote to elect its first mayor. Meerut and Aligarh had Bahujan Samaj Party’s mayors in 2017 while the B.J.P. has mayors the rest.
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