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Yogi Adityanath got the biggest slice out of BJP's win in UP civic polls

The BJP's performance in the civic polls gives Adityanath the stretch room to follow his own development agenda.

December 1, the day poll results for Uttar Pradesh's 652 urban local bodies were declared, was one of those rare occasions when Yogi Adityanath did not venture out of his 5, Kalidas Marg residence in Lucknow. Not till after 3 p.m., that is, when the BJP was officially declared winner in 14 of the 16 big city municipal corporations. Only then did the chief minister emerge to celebrate the victory with other party leaders.

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