Baghpat test case for strength of Uttar Pradesh's Opposition 'gathbandhan'

Ostensibly, what finally cemented the coalition was the outcome of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Baghpat: All of the Opposition put together polled only 131,393 more votes than BJP's Satya Pal Singh

Siddharth Jatav, a garment maker from Kuranagaon in West Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, is a would-be entrepreneur. He’s over the moon because he was recently sanctioned a Rs 50-lakh loan under the Centre’s Startup India scheme to set up an oil mill in his village. He has picked up Rs 38 lakh out of the approved amount, keeping the rest in reserve. Full of beans, Siddharth, 41, has plunged himself in electioneering for the Opposition “gathbandhan” (alliance) in the Baghpat Lok Sabha seat on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). “My oil mill can wait because first I have