The voting for the 51 assembly constituencies which includes 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh, began on Monday at 7 am. These constituencies up for voting include Ayodhya, Amethi, Sultanpur, Bahraich and Shravasti. However, the first phase of voting for Uttar Pradesh began on February 11. The elections are expected to complete on March 8 with the closing of the seventh phase. The counting of votes for the state will take place on March 11.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said Sunday that the SP-Congress alliance between two youth leaders would change the course of politics at the national and state levels. The SP chief’s remark at an election rally in Maharajganj came after BJP president Amit Shah had called the pre-poll alliance as one “between two corrupt families – one from Delhi and the other from Lucknow.”
The 0security measures has been tightened at polling booth number 127 and 128 in Ayodhya for voting to prevent any untoward incident.
