Lucknow: Upbeat after its stupendous success in the recent Lok Sabha elections, the BJP in UP is preparing to corner Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav in Mainpuri which is considered his bastion.
Mr Yadav, who has also won from Azamgarh, resigned his Mainpuri seat on Monday.
The Samajwadi Party is all set to field Tej Pratap Yadav, grand-nephew of Mr Yadav from Mainpuri which has a dominant Yadav population.
Mainpuri has around 3.5 lakh Yadav voters, 2.5 lakh Shakya voters, 1.5 lakh Lodh voters and one lakh Thakur voters.
The BJP is now determined to wrest this seat from SP and demolish yet another Yadav bastion.
According to BJP sources, the party had initially decided to field former chief minister Kalyan Singh from Mainpuri which also has large Lodh population but now that Mr Singh is being tipped for a gubernatorial assignment, the party has almost confirmed the candidature of Ramakant Yadav.
