A polling official marks the finger of an woman with indelible ink before she casts vote for Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Elections in Allahabad. | Photo Credit: APmore-inPolling for the third and final phase of civic body polls began on Wednesday amid tight security in Uttar Pradesh. Of the urban body polls held in 2012, BJP had a mayor in 12 of the 14 municipal corporations. It then romped home with a decisive majority of 325 seats of the 403 assembly seats in the 2017 state assembly polls. It is for the first time that all the other major parties — Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party and Congress are contesting the urban body polls on their party symbols.

Source: The Hindu November 29, 2017 05:48 UTC