UP Panchayat polls: For 1st time in 15 years, village head now not from Vikay Dubey’s circle of relatives

For the primary time in 15 years, the village head in Bikru, the place after 8 police group of workers had been killed in an ambush final yr, isn’t going to be from the circle of relatives of slain gangster Vikas Dubey.

The winner used to be Madhu, who defeated her opponent, Bindu Kumar, by way of 54 votes, an professional stated.

Madhu bagged 381 votes, whilst Kumar were given 327 votes.

There have been 10 individuals who contested for the put up, which used to be reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC).

After successful the election, Madhu informed mediapersons that she determined to contest the election to struggle towards injustice.

For 15 years, the folks of Dubey’s area received the election of village pradhan unopposed, stated an professional.

Counting of votes started on Sunday for lakhs of panchayat seats in Uttar Pradesh, a procedure anticipated to take two days throughout 829 centres.