LUCKNOW: The polling for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh civic body elections kick-started on Wednesday. The polling for the Uttar Pradesh civic polls began at 7:30 am amid tight security. Earlier, it was said the voting would be held from 7 am to 5 pm
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also reached a polling station in Gorakhnath and cast his vote. Urban local body polls in 24 districts including Shamli, Meerut, Hapur, Bijnore, Badaun, Hathras, Kasganj, Agra, Kanpur, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Unnao, Hardoi, Amethi, Faizabad, Gonda, Basti, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Ghazipur and Sonebhadra districts are going on polls today.
The other two phases for 25 districts and 26 districts will take place on November 26 and November 29 respectively. The civic body polls have become the first test of CM Yogi Adityanath’s popularity, eight months after he took charge of the office. The polls are also important for the ruling BJP as the results will be announced on December 1, eight days before the phase 1 of assembly elections in Gujarat. A win for the saffron party in UP will give it a lot of talking points in Gujarat
