Chief election officer of Haridwar has declared Congress candidate Savita Chaudhry elected unopposed as zila Panchayat president. Both the parties Congress and BSP had fielded their candidates for the position. The situation of unopposed selection arose after the BSP withdrew its nomination.
Speaking to the Pioneer, state party president of BSP Satish Kumar said, “We have withdrawn the nomination of candidate,Mohammad Abdul Sattar for the position of President of Zila Panchayat following instructions of Behen Mayawati ji. Her orders were supreme for the party.”
When asked why the party did not withdraw for vice president post Satish said that there was candidate from.the party for upadhyaksh.