 "Samajwadi party National President and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav")
The phase III polling for Uttar Pradesh Assembly on February 19 will be a virtual litmus test for the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), since the Yadav clan pocket boroughs of Etawah and adjoining districts would witness voting in this round.
A total of 69 Assembly constituencies across 12 districts are going to poll on Sunday in Phase III, including Lucknow, Unnao, Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Kannauj, Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Barabanki and Sitapur.
This phase would not only test the SP’s political clout in Etawah, Mainpuri and Auraiya districts, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would also face its own test
