Regarding closures and operations in Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad on polling day, faculties and schools are closed on Friday.
The second section of Lok Sabha elections is at the moment underway in eight constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, together with Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad in the nationwide capital area (NCR). Gautam Buddha Nagar, a major Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, includes Noida, Dadri, Jewar, Sikandrabad and Khurja. Holding one of many state’s 80 parliamentary seats, this constituency performs a pivotal function in the political enviornment. Notably, it’s a normal seat, not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) or Scheduled Tribes (STs). Over the years, Gautam Buddh Nagar has been fiercely contested by main political events together with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Congress, and Samajwadi Party (SP).
Meanwhile, incumbent BJP MP Mahesh Sharma is in search of re-election from Gautam Buddh Nagar, dealing with competitors from Samajwadi Party’s Mahendra Singh Nagar and BSP’s Rajendra Singh Solanki.
In Ghaziabad, BJP has fielded social gathering MLA Atul Garg as an alternative of sitting MP General VK Singh (retd), who can be up in opposition to Congress’s Dolly Sharma and Nandkishore Pundhir of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). While BJP depends on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reputation, the Congress and BSP are banking on caste equations and Kshatriya discontent in western UP.
Regarding closures and operations in Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad on polling day, faculties and schools are closed on Friday. However, District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma has clarified that academic establishments will resume regular operations on Saturday. Additionally, factories and industries are mandated to grant paid holidays to employees on Friday to facilitate voting.
Moreover, banks in Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad will stay closed on Friday.
A 48-hour ban on liquor gross sales, imposed by District Magistrate and Chief Electoral Officer Manish Kumar Verma, is at the moment in impact from 6 pm on Wednesday till 6 pm on Friday. This prohibition applies to all liquor retailers and distributors throughout the district, aiming to stop alcohol from being utilized by political events or candidates to sway voters. Enforcement businesses, together with flying squads and police, are carefully monitoring alcohol actions to stop its distribution throughout the election interval.
