Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath held more rallies than PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi for phase 6

BJP President Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held more rallies than Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi during the campaigning for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, polling for which will be held on Sunday.

BJP President Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held more rallies than Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi during the campaigning for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, polling for which will be held on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: BJP President Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held more rallies than Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi during the campaigning for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, polling for which will be held on Sunday. While Shah held 27 rallies including a roadshow in six states, his party colleague Adityanath conducted 25 public meetings, including three with Modi, in four states. Modi, who once again led the BJP's campaign stepping up his attack on Opposition parties, held 20 rallies across seven states. Gandhi was part of 17 rallies including four roadshows in six states while his sister and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi canvassed in 14 rallies including four roadshows in three states for her party. Number of rallies by main national leaders (restricted to phase 6) Narendra Modi – 20 rallies in seven states Rahul Gandhi – 13 rallies, 4 roadshows in six states Amit Shah – 26 rallies, one roadshow in six states Yogi Adityanath – 25 rallies (including 3 with PM Modi) in four states Priyanka Gandhi – 10 rallies, 4 roadshows in three states Akhilesh Yadav – Nine rallies in Uttar Pradesh Mayawati – 15 rallies (including 3 joint rallies with Akhilesh) in four states Voting in 59 constituencies in six states and Delhi will be held on Sunday in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls. Over 10.17 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to choose among the 979 candidates in fray. The Election Commission has set up over 1.13 lakh polling stations for smooth conduct of polls. All seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi will go to polls on Sunday. As many as 164 candidates are in fray in the polls, which are largely been seen as a three-way contest among the BJP, Congress and AAP. In Uttar Pradesh, the candidates whose electoral fate will be decided include SP president Akhilesh Yadav and Union minister Maneka Gandhi. Of the 14 constituencies going to polls in the state, the BJP had won 13 in 2014 with Azamgarh being the only exception from where SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav had been victorious. In Haryana, Union ministers Krishan Pal Gurjar and Rao Inderjit Singh are seeking re-election while former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is once again entering the race to the lower house. In West Bengal, seats where elections will be held on Sunday are Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram (ST), Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura and Bishnupur (SC). All these seats were won by the TMC in 2014. In Jharkhand, four Lok Sabha seats will go to polls. A total 66,85,401 voters of Giridih, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur and Singhbhum (ST) constituencies are eligible to decide the fate of 67 candidates in Sunday's election. Eight seats in Bihar will go to polls on Sunday. All of these were won by the NDA in 2014. While Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP holds the Vaishali seat, the remaining were won by the BJP. Eight Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, which includes Bhopal constituency where senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh is locked in a battle with BJP nominee and Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur, will also go to polls on Sunday. While seven of these seats were won by the BJP in 2014, the Guna constituency was won by the Congress. Guna, one of the high-profile seats in this phase, would seal the fate of AICC general secretary and Congress candidate Jyotiraditya Scindia.