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The prestige of Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and that of Bhartiya Janata Party star campaigner Uma Bharti will be at stake during the fifth round of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections on Thursday. Sharat Pradhan reports.
As many as 741 candidates are in the fray for 49 seats spread across 13 districts where 1.56 crore electors are expected to cast their vote at 17,267 polling centres. The only other prominent leader, whose prestige would be at test in this phase is Union Coal minister Shree Prakash Jaiswal , who is the sitting Congress member of Parliament from Kanpur city.