UP poll news
In a bid to forge stronger ties with the electorates of the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has started sending them "personalised letters" to seek their support.
In the first of the seven-phased staggered elections in Uttar Pradesh, a total of 839 candidates are in the fray.
In a joint press conference in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi released a list of 10 commitments to the people of the state.
The three seats won by BJP are graduate MLC seats.
Compulsions of realpolitik made Samajwadi Party and Congress seal a pre-poll pact last month to contest the UP Assembly Elections together.
Etah's Jalesar is the smallest constituency in terms of electorate, and Ghaziabad's Sahibabad is the largest.
Mulayam Singh Yadav now ready to campaign for SP-Congress alliance, says Akhilesh will be next UP CM
Earlier, Mulayam Singh Yadav had told media that he would campaign for his younger brother Shivpal Singh Yadav first.
Western UP, where tension had prevailed during the 2014 Lok Sabha election too in the wake of riots, is calm, said Sanjeev Balyan.
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