Tough choice for Union minister Sanjeev Balyan as opposition fields cousin for Muzaffarnagar panchayat president post
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Tough choice for Union minister Sanjeev Balyan as opposition fields cousin for Muzaffarnagar panchayat president post
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MUZAFFARNAGAR: A strange combination in the ongoing tussle for the post of district panchayat president has emerged in Muzaffarnagar where, on the one hand, is BJP candidate Veerpal Nirwal who is being supported by local BJP MP and Union minister Sanjeev Balyan and, on the other, the Opposition has fielded a joint candidate in the form of Satender Balyan, his cousin and an active worker of Bhartiya Kisan Union. On Friday, Balyan and other BJP members, including state minister Kapil Dev Agrawal with Nirwal, went to the collectorate and filed the nomination before the district magistrate Seva Kumari J. Meanwhile, Satender Balyan with his supporters from Rashtriya Lok Dal and Samajwadi Party also reached the collectorate. "Our candidate had won in the last zila panchayat president election, and again this time the BJP candidate will win," Sanjeev Balyan said. The minister ignored questions about his cousin. While Satender Balyan said, "We want the administration to conduct a free and fair election. If anything goes wrong in the election, we would launch a strong protest." To win the seat, the candidates need 22 votes, out of 43.
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The Times of India
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2021-06-27
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Meerut