Thirteen districts
where polling would be held include Saharanpur, Prabuddha Nagar, Meerut,
Bagpath, Ghaziabad, Panchsheel Nagar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr,
Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar, Mathura, Mahamayanagar and Agra.
"More than 2.17 crore voters are expected to cast their votes at 22137 polling centres," the Election Commission said.
A
total of 1103 candidates, including 1017 men and 86 women are in the
fray in this phase. To ensure free and fair elections adequate force,
including central forces, has been deployed.
All the political parties including Congress, SP, BSP, BJP and RLD have extensively campaigned in the Jat land of the state.
This
phase would test the popularity of Congress' alliance with Ajit Singh
led Rashtriya Lok Dal which has its stronghold in the western region of
the state.
It
would also decide the fate of youth face of RLD Jayant Chaudhary,
Energy Minister Ramveer Upadhyaya, deputy leader of BJP Legislative
Party Hukkum Singh and former minister Rajveer Singh, who is also son of
former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
While Jayant, who
is MP from Mathura is contesting from Math seat in Mathura, Energy
Minister Ramveer is seeking rerun from Sikandrarau seat in Hathras
district.
Ramveer's
prominence would also be put to test in Sadabad and Dibai seats from
where his brother-in-law Satyendra Sharma and brother Vinod Updhayaya
are contesting respectively.
Ramveer's brother Vinod is pitched against Rajveer Singh, a former minister and son of ex CM Kalyan Singh.
Two more cabinet ministers Jaiveer Singh and Dharm Singh Saini are also in the fray in this phase from Barauli and Nakud seats.
Popularity
of Rashid Masood, who left SP and joined Congress, would also be put to
test in this phase as his nephew Imran Masood is in fray from Nakud
seat in Saharanpur district.
This phase would
also decide the impact of an appeal made by Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama
Masjid Maulana Ahmad Bukahri in favour of SP as his son-in-law Umar Ali
is in the fray for Behat seat in Saharanpur disrict.
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