Hardoi (UP), May 31 (PTI) BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Gopamau assembly constituency, Shyam Prakash, has asserted that elections are won through ‘tikdam’ (ploy) and not just by doing development work.
“One does not get votes because of development. I too have done development. The villages, where I got roads constructed, from those booths, I did not get votes. I am telling you a practical thing. Elections are won by ‘tikdam’ (ploy). Elections are not won by development,” Prakash said on Saturday.
The BJP MLA was addressing village pradhans after the Uttar Pradesh government decided to appoint the outgoing gram pradhans (village heads) as the administrators of gram panchayats He also told them to prepare for the next elections and win it using all the possible tricks (‘saam’, daam’, ‘dand’, ‘bhed’).
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to appoint the outgoing gram pradhans as the administrators of the gram panchayats.
The outgoing pradhans will continue to handle the general administrative affairs of the panchayats until the formation of the new village panchayats, or for a maximum period of six months.
The tenure of the state’s gram panchayats expired on May 26. PTI COR NAV DV DV
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