MEERUT On this civic ballot, voters of Baghpat district rejected candidates of political events, electing independents as chairpersons of all six Nagar Panchayats. Nevertheless, they elected RLD and BJP candidates as chairpersons in three Nagar Palika Parishads of the district.
Baghpat has three Nagar Palika Parishads in Khekra, Baghpat and Baraut and 6 Nagar Panchayats in Tatiri, Aminagar Sarai, Doghat, Tikait, Chhaprauli and Rataul. The district has a conventional RLD vote base because the time of Chaudhary Charan Singh. However the BJP took over this vote financial institution to some extent after the 2013 communal riots in adjoining Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts.
The RLD fielded its candidates just for Nagar Palika Parishad and gained Baghpat and Baraut seats whereas the BJP candidate was elected on Khekra seat.
Barring Chhaprauli Nagar Panchayat, BJP, Congress and BSP fielded their candidates in remaining 5 Nagar panchayats however not one of the candidates gained.
Newly elected chairman of Rataul Nagar Panchayat Junaid Faridi defined that the election was for native self-government and folks ought to be given alternative to elect representatives of their selection and never these imposed by political events.
A political knowledgeable stated that events ignored these candidates whom folks needed and gave tickets to others, so folks voted towards them to make sure victory of impartial candidates. In Rataul, BJP gave ticket to an individual who couldn’t persuade folks to vote in his favour due to his tainted picture, he stated.
Equally, in Aminagar Sarai, a Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha employee was demanding ticket for his mom but it surely was given to another individual. Apart from, motion was additionally initiated towards the chief and his mom, which angered the voters additional and so they solid vote in favour of the impartial candidate. Additionally, in Tariri the BJP gave ticket to a candidate towards the needs of the individuals who have been largely supporting one other candidate.
Political consultants stated that by electing independents, the voters had given a message to political events that they shouldn’t be taken as a right, no less than in civic our bodies’ elections.
Nagar Palika Parishad
Baghpat- Razauddin ( RLD)
Baraut- Babita Tomar ( RLD)
Khekra- Neelam Devi ( BJP)
Nagar Panchayats
Tatiri- Sapna (Impartial)
Chhaprauli- Dharmendra (Impartial)
Doghat-Sangeeta (Impartial)
Tikri- Sarita (Impartial)
Aminagar Sarai- Sunita (Impartial)
Rataul- Junaid Faridi (Impartial)