By CNBCTV18.com Mar 2, 2021 7:19:24 PM IST (Published)
With the expiry of the five-year term of Uttar Pradesh gram panchayat and village panchayat heads on December 25 last year, the UP government had asked the district administration to take over the panchayat elections
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) administration is set to release the reservation list of seats for the upcoming gram panchayat elections. Objections can be raised till March 8, while the final list is expected to be published around mid-March. The three-tier gram panchayat polls for 57,207 seats in the state will be held in April.
With the expiry of the five-year term of Uttar Pradesh gram panchayat and village panchayat heads on December 25 last year, the UP government had asked the district administration to take over the panchayat elections.
For the past several days, the candidates and their supporters could be seen doing the rounds of Vikas Bhavan, DPRO office and block headquarters, to find out the list of the reserved and unreserved seats for women, Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and Other Backward Classes.