Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Thursday gave assent to an ordinance to amend the Municipal Corporation Act and Nagar Palika Act, in a step ahead for holding the urban local body polls with the provision of reserving seats for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). UP Cabinet approved the ordinance during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday. A senior official told PTI that the governor has given her assent to the ordinance. The official added that the amendment to the Municipal Corporation and Nagar Palika Act was necessary after the recommendations of a dedicated commission constituted to look into the backwardness of areas in the state for reservation. On March 27, the Supreme Court directed the State Election Commission to issue a notification within two days for holding the urban local body polls with the provision for reservation of seats for OBCs. A notification for holding local body polls was issued earlier, on December 5 last year, but severa
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Patel, who had succeeded Narendra Modi in 2014 to become the first woman Chief Minister of the state
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Anandiben Patel would be 75 years of age in two months and had sought to resign to give "enough time to the new incumbent
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Patel submitted her resignation to the BJP top brass asserting that the party needs a fresh face in the state