Updated On: 21 April, 2024 04:50 AM IST | Mathura | Faisal Tandel
Political bigwigs are campaigning for their candidates in Mathura, Meerut and other parts of the state

Senior party leaders from the BJP, Congress and Samajwadi Party have been trading potshots in the battle for UP
The heat is on in western Uttar Pradesh, with political heavyweights descending on the region to bat for their respective clients. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister of Home Affairs Amir Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath are campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party candidates, Indian National Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav are on the ground for their alliance’s candidates too.
Shah on Saturday visited to Mathura to campaign for Hema Malini, who is the two time MP from the area and is contesting on a BJP ticket for the third time. Shah addressed a public meeting with senior BJP leaders in attendance at an open ground on Chhatikara road in Vrindavan. “With your support, in the first phase itself, we will make the Congress and SP vanish from here. We will defeat them in the second phase too. We have to see Modi as the Prime Minister for the third time,” Shah said in his public meeting.