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Aligarh. Votes will be cast today for the Aligarh Municipal Corporation elections in Uttar Pradesh. Election will start at 6:00 am with mock drill. People will vote from seven o’clock. However, the election campaign ended on May 9 itself and the district administration continued to prepare for the polling on Wednesday. Along with the Aligarh Municipal Corporation Mayor, the municipality has two more 15 Nagar Panchayats. On which more than 11 lakh 81 thousand voters will vote. At the same time, a total of 1617 candidates are in the fray for 347 posts. Aligarh consists of 90 wards. On the other hand, the fate of 13 candidates for the post of mayor will be sealed in the EVM.
Votes will be cast at 1081 booths for 18 bodies in Aligarh
In Aligarh, votes will be cast at 1081 booths for 18 bodies. In which elections will be conducted by 4500 employees. Along with this, polling will be held at 754 booths in the Municipal Corporation area. A total of 9 lakh voters will vote for the Aligarh Mayor. At the same time, 13 candidates are standing for the post of mayor in Aligarh. In which Prashant Singhal is contesting from Bharatiya Janata Party. While Salman Shahid is the candidate from the Bahujan Samaj Party, Haji Jamir Ullah from the Samajwadi Party is contesting the mayor’s election. CP Gautam is in the fray from Congress. On the other hand, Aam Aadmi Party has given mayor ticket to Rajkumar Lodhi. Gufran Noor is in the fray as a candidate from AIMIM. Earlier in the mayoral election of 2017, Mohammad Furkan of Bahujan Samaj Party defeated Dr. Rajeev Aggarwal of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Councilor candidates from Muslim community in 18 wards out of 90 wards of Municipal Corporation
All the parties have made their own promises of victory and have told their own agenda. BJP’s mayoral candidate Prashant Singhal said that this time the notion of voting with the help of religious polarization is going to break. With the slogan of Yogi-Modi’s vision, Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sarva Samaj is taking a pledge to make BJP win. The special thing this time is that out of 90 wards of Municipal Corporation, in 18 wards, the candidate from the Muslim community has been fielded. Haji Jamir Ullah Khan of Samajwadi Party has sought votes for the development of the city. Along with this, BSP candidate Salman Shahid has given the supply of free drinking water to every household, better education in schools run by the Municipal Corporation and construction of better medical clinic in every ward as the first priority.
The security of polling booths will be in the hands of four thousand police personnel.
Security of polling booths will be in the hands of four thousand police personnel. Along with paramilitary forces, home guards including PSC, RAF, CRPF, police force have been put on duty. Along with this, mobile clusters, mobile teams etc. have been constituted at the police station level. Police will reach the polling booths within 10 minutes if any unpleasant information is received. Along with this, 112 PRV Mobile, Leopard will also be active. Additional police force will also be ready at all times in the police line. On the other hand, SSP Kala Nidhi Naithani has said that strict action will be taken against those who indulge in irregularities in the elections.
Input- Alok Aligarh
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