UP gets ready for another round of polls

Uttar Pradesh is bracing for the next round of elections. Local urban bodies will see elections beginning November 22. In the first phase, five city municipal corporations and 71 municipal councils will go to the polls. This election will be a test of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s popularity. Two new corporations — Ayodhya and Mathura Vrindavan — will go to the polls for the first time. The polls will be concluded on November 29 and the results announced on December 1. The polls will be fought along party lines. The Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi