Akhilesh Govt. has done nothing than advertisement: Keshav Prasad Maurya

In a scathing attack at Samajwadi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government has done nothing but only involved in advertisement.

"Akhilesh Yadav government has only done advertisement and did not do any development work in the state", BJP U.P. state unit Chief Keshav Prasad Maurya told media after casting his vote here.

Expressing his confidence over making victory in the UP assembly elections, he said, "In 2017 assembly elections, our party will surely achieve more than 300 seats. Farmers, youth and poor people are the reason of success."

As voting for the fourth phase of the UP elections is underway, Keshav Prasad Maurya casts his vote today in Allahabad.

As the polling for the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began today, 10.23 percent voter turnout was recorded till 9 a.m.

With Banda recording a voting of 12.2 percent, Rae Bareli saw a percent of 9.5 voting while Fatehpur and Jalaun recording a percent of 9.8 and 8.66 respectively.

In this phase, over 12 districts spread over 53 constituencies, are going for polling including Bundelkhand, and the Congress-dominant Rae Bareli region.

Other districts going to polls in this phase are Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Banda, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot and Fatehpur.

More than 680 candidates will be contesting the elections, and around 1.84 crore people are expected to vote in this phase.