Four of seven phases may still be left, but the UP election has crossed the midway mark. So it is no surprise that all three formations - the SP-Congress alliance, the BJP, and the BSP - are confident. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, red cap, and Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi, drinking water, cheer the crowd from a moving a vehicle during their joint election campaign in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. And in the third phase, BJP feels that the SP’s dip has directly benefited them. They do not have popular candidates and SP votes will not get transferred to them easily.

Source: Hindustan Times February 21, 2017 13:37 UTC