Most of the 14 Lok Sabha seats up for grabs in the fifth and last phase of the polls in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday have large Muslim populations, a factor is likely to determine the fate of the 203 candidates in the fray.More
Fifteen women are among the candidates in Rampur, Pilibhit, Budaun, Moradabad, Dhaurahra, Bijnore, Bareilly, Aonla, Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Sambhal, Amroha, Nagina and Saharanpur – spread across several districts of western Uttar Pradesh and the agriculturally-rich Terai belt.
