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Uttar Pradesh polls: Advantage Akhilesh in phase III, but BJP’s no pushover.

Kannauj/Sitapur/Unnao: Yeh chhot toh dil par lagi hai (this is a wound that struck the heart), says 35-year-old Avanish Yadav from Tirwa town, describing the bitter battle in the first family of Uttar Pradesh.

That he belongs to Kannauj, a traditional stronghold of the Samajwadi Party and has a singular preference for Akhilesh Yadav and not the family, is even more significant.

Despite this visible groundswell of support, it wont be a smooth ride for the incumbent with its key challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mounting a serious challenge in the Samajwadi Party stronghold of central Uttar Pradesh (UP) which goes to polls on Sunday; and then, there is the unpredictable influence of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and its loyal voter base.

By making development central to his electoral pitch, focusing on youth and emerging victorious in a bitter family feud for supremacy, Akhilesh Yadav has carved out an appealing electoral narrative for himself.

In the last few elections, we have been supporting Behenji (Mayawati) but we genuinely feel that this time, there is no option other than Akhilesh Yadav.

Also, the big question is whether the CM can convert his personal popularity into votes for the partywhich PM Narendra Modi did so effectively in 2014.

I feel Uttar Pradesh is looking from change which only Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP can bring, said Babloo Tiwari, a farmer and trader from Mangarwara town in Unnao.

Demonetisation has hit the farmers the worst and there was no relief measure announced for us.

Iss sarkaar ne humein apne paise ke liye line mei laa kar khada kar diya.

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