After witnessing the most crucial electoral battle in this hustings, Uttar Pradesh is ready to decide the fate of several political big-wigs, including presidents of eight political outfits on Friday.
UP, the biggest state of the country, will play a crucial role in formation of the next central government as the fate of eight presidents of the political parties, including Congress supremo
Sonia Gandhi and BJP chief Rajnath Singh, has been locked in the battle of ballot in this state.
Gandhi had bagged victory from Rae Bareli – the traditional seat of the Gandhi clan, for the very first time in 1999. This is the forth time, when she has tried her luck from this parliamentary constituency.
BJP president Rajnath Singh, who is currently the MP from Ghaziabad, had this time contested the polls from lucknow –the old seat of veteran BJP leader and former Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee. Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav tried his political fate from Mainpuri and Azamgarh lok Sabha seats.
Aam Admi Party president and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has contested from the prestigious Varanasi seat, while Rashtriya lok Dal president and union civil aviation minister Chaudhary Ajit Singh remained in the fray from his stronghold Baghpat constituency.
Rashtriya Parivartan Dal president D P Yadav, who has entered into an alliance withthe Mahaan Dal, has contested the polls again from Sambhal lok Sabha seat.
Peace Party president Dr Ayub contested the elections from Dumariyaganj constituency. Jagdambika Pal, who recently joined the BJP after quitting the Congress, is trying his luck from
this seat.
Quami Ekta Dal supremo Afzal Ansari has contested the election from Ballia parliamentary constituency. The fate of Neeraj Shekhar, the son of former PM Chandrashekhar, will also be
decided from this constituency.