Summary:
"Verma is one of the two non-BJP mayors out of 16 mayors who were elected in December last year in UP. Our councillors are not even going home as public asks questions on why even basic facilities are not being provided to them. In fact, on the day of oath ceremony in December last year, there were clashes over the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’. There have been repeated instances of clashes between BJP councillors and BSP-SP combine members over a range of issues. A BSP leader, Sunita's husband Yogesh Verma is also in jail for allegedly instigating violence during April 2 Dalit agitation that claimed two lives in Meerut city..