There will be a holiday in schools and colleges tomorrow, 26th April, in eight districts of UP. Apart from this, there will also be a ban on opening of liquor shops and private establishments. Holiday has been declared in these districts.
There will be a holiday in schools and colleges tomorrow, 26th April, in eight districts of UP. Apart from this, there will also be a ban on opening of liquor shops and private establishments. Public holiday has been declared in these districts. The District Election Commission has issued holiday orders in the eight districts where voting is to be held tomorrow.
Voting will take place in these districts
Voting will be held on eight Lok Sabha seats of UP on Friday under the second phase. According to the State Election Officer’s Office, the eight seats in Uttar Pradesh where voting will be held on Friday include Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Mathura. About one crore 67 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in these Lok Sabha constituencies. Of these, 90.11 lakh are men, 77.38 lakh are women and 787 are other voters. A total of 7,797 polling stations and 17,677 polling places have been created for this phase of elections. Voting will start from 7 am in the morning and continue till 6 pm.
BJP bets on Ram of Ramayana in Meerut
Meerut is also included in the second phase of voting. Arun Govil’s reputation is at stake on this seat. Govil, who played the role of Lord Ram in the popular serial ‘Ramayana’ aired on Doordarshan, has been made the BJP candidate from his native area Meerut. Danish Ali of Congress from Amroha, Atul Garg of BJP from Ghaziabad and Mahesh Sharma from Gautam Buddha Nagar seat are also the main candidates in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections. For the second phase of voting, there is a possibility of a triangular contest between NDA, opposition alliance ‘India’ and BSP on eight Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the ruling BJP had won seven of these eight seats, while the Amroha seat went to the BSP. Last Friday, around 65.5 per cent voting was recorded in the first phase of elections held in seven phases for 102 seats in 21 states and union territories. The election campaign for the second phase ended at 6 pm on Wednesday evening. For this phase, leaders of all major political parties held several public meetings in favor of the candidates of their respective parties and alliances. There are a total of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and voting will be held in all seven phases in this state.
