UP Municipal Election 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls (UP local body elections) reflects people’s support for the “unprecedented” development of the state under the chief minister’s leadership. Yogi Adityanathlead a.
PM Modi took to Twitter to congratulate Uttar Pradesh BJP workers and candidates for the “resounding victory”. The ruling BJP won mayoral elections in 10 of the 17 municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh, the results of which were declared on Saturday, virtually adding a third engine to its “double-engine” government.
BJP has won
The party’s candidates won in Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur and Ghaziabad. Official results for the remaining seven municipal corporations – Agra, Lucknow, Kanpur, Meerut, Firozabad, Varanasi and Gorakhpur – are expected later on Saturday.
Urban local body elections were held in two phases
The urban local body elections were held in two phases – on May 4 and May 11 – to elect 17 mayors and 1,401 corporators. According to the State Election Commission, nineteen corporators were elected unopposed.
PM Modi congratulated Congress
PM Modi also congratulated the Congress for the victory in the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023. “Congratulations to the Congress party for the victory in the Karnataka assembly elections. My best wishes for fulfilling the aspirations of the people,” the PM tweeted.
He said, “I thank all those who supported us in the Karnataka elections. I appreciate the hard work of BJP workers. We will serve Karnataka with more enthusiasm in the times to come.”
Meanwhile, the Congress returned to power on its own in Karnataka after 10 years, ousting the BJP from its lone southern enclave on Saturday as voters decisively voted for the grand old party seeking an electoral revival ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Supported.
(With inputs from PTI)