The influx of nearly 3.2 million migrant workers following Covid-19 lockdown notwithstanding, Uttar Pradesh is gearing up for the three-tier panchayat elections towards the end of this year.
Held to be the world’s largest local-body polls, more than 120 million people are eligible to elect the members of nearly 59,000 panchayats.
The term of the current elected bodies at the village-, block-, and district-levels will expire on December 26.
Although these elections are not contested on party symbols, candidates openly owe allegiance