Samajwadi Party: Battle lines were drawn in eastern Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday with the Samajwadi Party announcing that party president Mulayam Singh would contest the Lok Sabha elections from Azamgarh, besides Mainpuri. The move to field Mr Singh from Azamgarh, a constituency dominated by Yadavs and Muslims which is contiguous with Varanasi, is seen as an attempt to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party. SP sources said by fielding Mr. Singh from Azamgarh, the party hopes it would have a cascading effect on other constituencies and would prevent the BJP from capitalising on the "Modi effect."

On Saturday, the BJP announced that its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would contest from Varanasi. The hope is that this will beef up the party's poll prospects in eastern U.P.


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