The poll pitch in Uttar Pradesh has reached crescendo and
the India ’s
largest state is to witness first phase of polling across 73 assembly
constituencies spanning 15 districts in Western UP tomorrow.
UP phase I poll bound districts are Shamli, Muzaffarnagar,
Baghpat, Meerut , Ghaziabad ,
Gautam Budh Nagar, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Aligarh , Mathura , Hathras, Agra , Firozabad , Etah and
Kasganj.
In this phase, 839 candidates are trying their luck at the
hustings. Poll campaigning in these constituencies had culminated last evening,
which wrapped up the whirlwind electioneering by top leaders of all political
parties in fray, including BJP, BSP, Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress.
BJP had swept poll during 2014 Lok Sabha election drawing
from ‘Modi wave’. This time, BSP and SP-Congress alliance has made the contest
triangular.
Muslims comprise a sizeable chunk of the Western UP population
and their voting pattern would largely determine the poll outcome. Their
consolidation in favour of either BSP or SP-Congress alliance would hit BJP and
their division would on the other hand brighten BJP’s poll chances.
In their public meetings, both, BSP and SP-Congress have
vociferously been claiming to champion issues of minorities and luring them to
their fold.
However, the situation is more or less fluid and there are
no clear winners and losers among parties as they stand today.
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