It’s a crucial day for Uttar Pradesh politics on Saturday as the State will see the first phase of Assembly elections in 73 seats in 15 districts. Saturday will also be the ultimate test of political strategies adopted by the BJP, BSP, SP-Congress alliance and the RLD to woo the voters. The BJP fielded its Hindutva face, Yogi Adityanath, as its campaigner who repeatedly talked about alleged “victimisation” of the Hindus. The alliance has tried to woo Muslim voters by repeatedly projecting itself as the only political formation which can stop the BJP. The SP-Congress joint rallies saw display of camaraderie between Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and SP’s chief Akhilesh Yadav.

Source: The Hindu February 10, 2017 22:07 UTC