Lucknow: Voting will be held on Monday for 13 parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, with all eyes on the prestigious Kannauj seat, from where SP President Akhilesh Yadav is contesting again.

Another prominent candidate in the fray this round is Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni, who is contesting from Kheri.

Voting will be held in Shahjahanpur (SC), Kheri, Dhaurahara, Sitapur, Hardo (SC), Misrikh (SC), Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah (SC), Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur and Bahraich (SC).

A total of 130 candidates are in the fray in this phase.

Of the 13 electoral seats, Kannauj will see a contest between SP chief and sitting BJP MP Subrata Pathak, while in Unnao, incumbent BJP M Sakshi Maharaj (Swami Sachidananda Hari Sakshi) is facing SP's Ann Tandon (former Lok Sabha member).(MP from Unnao).

Tandon had contested against Sakshi Maharaj as a Congress candidate in 2014 and 2019, but lost both times. He won the Unnao Lok Sabha seat on Congress ticket in 2009.

Out of the 13 parliamentary constituencies where voting is to be held in the fourth phase, BJP has expressed confidence in 11 sitting MPs by giving them tickets, while it has fielded new candidates Ramesh Awasthi from Kanpur and Anand Kumar from Bahraich-SC seat.

In the India block, SP has fielded candidates on 11 Lok Sabha seats in this phase, while Congress candidates are in the fray on two seats - Kanpur (Alok Mishra) and Sitapur (Rakesh Rathore).Four BJP candidates - Union ministers Teni (Kheri), Rekha Verma (Dhaurhara) Mukesh Rajput (Farrukhabad) and Devendra Singh alias Bhole (Akbarpur) - are eyeing a hat-trick, while Rajesh Verma is eyeing a fifth victory from Sitapur. Keeping an eye on.

Ashok Kumar Rawat and Ram Shankar Katheria are eyeing a fourth term from Misrikh (SC) and Etawah (SC) respectively. Sitting MP from Hardoi (SC) Jai Prakash and outgoing MP from Unnao Sakshi Maharaj are eyeing their sixth term in the Lok Sabha.

More than 2.46 crore voters will be eligible to exercise their franchise in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state.

Like other election phases, the campaign for the fourth phase featured counter-attacks by leaders of different political parties against each other.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while criticizing the Congress and the India faction in Dhaurahra on May 5, had said that Muslims now understand that the Congress and the India faction are using them as pawns, asserting that the development made by them After seeing this the community is distancing itself from them. B J P.

The same day, Modi during a rally in Etawah had attacked the "dynastic politics" of SP and Congress, saying that while opposition allies work only to benefit their families, he is building a better future for the country. Are. Next generations.

Referring to himself and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he said, "We do not have children. We are working for your children."

On Friday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that a storm from the Indian faction is coming in Uttar Pradesh and stressed that Modi will not be able to reach the post of Prime Minister this time.Gandhi and Yadav addressed joint rallies in Kannauj and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh where both the parties are contesting the elections as allies. Under its seat-sharing agreement, the Congress is fighting on 17 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

In his Kanpur address, Gandhi claimed that Congress would win at least 50 seats in UP.

The SP chief on Saturday termed the ongoing Lok Sabha elections as a "national movement" for the Constitution and to protect reservations and called upon his party members to join it to change the face of the country.

By-elections will also be held in Dadraul assembly constituency of Shahjahanpu district.Dadraul Assembly seat had become vacant after the death of BJP MLA Manvendra Singh on January 5 due to prolonged illness.

10 candidates are in the fray for Dadraul Assembly by-election.