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Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous and politically crucial state, The high-decibel battle for polls starts from Wednesday. when 55 assembly constituencies go to polls in the first phase. A total of 1.70 crore people are eligible to vote in this round. Campaigning for the first of the seven-phase polls ended Monday evening in districts like Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar, Maharajganj and Kushinagar.
Among the important constituencies are Mahasi and Matera in Bahraich, Ayodhya in Faizabad, Sitapur, Kushinagar, Mubarakpur in Azamgarh and Gazipur.
Today is the final day of campaigning before the first phase of the Significant assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh begins on February 8. 55 assembly seats across 10 districts in UP will witness voting in the first phase. All forms of electioneering will conclude in these constituencies today evening in line with the Election Commission’s model code of conduct.
The polls in uttar pradesh especially would be a major test for the Congress what with Rahul Gandhi’s high-voltage campaign in the state. The 40-year-old Gandhi scion has criss-crossed the entire state in the last one year, assiduously working towards reviving the…