RANCHI, Jan. 7 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a three-day agitation demanding the announcement of dates for the urban local body polls, besides pitching for the elections to be conducted on party lines and through electronic voting machines (EVMs).

Party leaders, led by state unit chief and Leader of the Opposition Babulal Marandi, held a sit-in protest outside the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Wednesday. Party workers will hold similar protests outside all 48 urban local bodies in the state where elections are due. Elections in 14 ULBs have been due since May 2020, while polls in the other 34 ULBs have been due since April 2023.

The terms of the Dhanbad, Deoghar and Chas municipal corporations, along ...