By way of name recall of candidates, Tanuj Punia and Nirmal Khatri come first in these two constituencies of the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh. Tanuj is the Congress candidate from Barabanki; Nirmal the party’s face in Faizabad. In the case of the BJP, the trouble with name recall was attributed to the party’s campaign that is focused only on Modi. “Candidates do not matter; you are voting for Modi, the BJP says in its campaign,” said Shubham Gupta, a sweets vendor at Masauli Chauraha in Barabanki. If Dalits and Muslims vote en bloc for Nirmal, he could catapult to No.

Source: The Telegraph May 03, 2019 01:41 UTC