New Delhi: It’s the big political battle of the season and all the parties are set to put their best for battleground Uttar Pradesh that’s going to Assembly polls soon.
The dates of the polls are likely to be announced by the end of February.
The contest is close and it’s a neck-and-neck battle between the ruling Samajwadi Party and the Opposition Bahujan Samaj Party.
While the BSP is bent on the imposition of President's rule ahead of the polls, SP has asserted it is ready for any ''eventuality.''
The united Opposition has alleged free and fair polls were impossible under the SP rule.
However, the SP charges the opposition with launching a misinformation campaign about the law and order situation in UP.
''Since, they have lost mass base, they are talking of law order...UP's law and order is much better than in Delhi,'' Chief Minister and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav was quoted by news agencies as saying.
As regards the big battle horses, the Congress decided to field its top state leaders and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi has been meeting local leaders to get a sense of the ground sentiment.
The decision to field UP Congress top shots was Rahul's idea, Congress leaders claimed.
''This will help us garner votes...the fielding of senior leaders would also ensure that electorate votes for smaller candidates in that region,'' a UP Congressman was quoted by news agencies as saying.
The BSP decided on the candidature of over 200 candidates. BJP is banking on the campaign of top national leaders, including former Prime Minister and Lucknow MP Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president and former UP CM Rajnath Singh.
''The process to identity suitable candidates is on...the tentative list would be out this month, so that they can begin campaigning,'' said a party general secretary.
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