Rampur:
One constituency that has been in the news in Uttar Pradesh is Rampur. It is the epicentre of the ongoing war in the Samajwadi Party, between two top leaders - Amar Singh and Azam Khan.
At the centre of it is Jaya Prada, the actress from Andhra Pradesh, who couldn't speak Hindi in her Bollywood debut. But as a politician in Uttar Pradesh, she has now learnt how to spout poetry.
"Khushi ho ya gham ho, sadaa muskuraungi, lekin Rampur chhod kahin nahi jaungi" (In happiness or sorrow, my smile will never disappear, nor will I ever leave Rampur), said Jaya Prada.
Jaya Prada has turned to poetry in the face of political adversity.
In 2004, Jaya Prada won elections less on personal charm, and more on the unqualified support of Azam Khan, the prominent Samajwadi leader who this time has declared open revolt - ostensibly over the inclusion of Kalyan, but in reality, a personality clash with Amar Singh.
"I don't want to comment on the person you are talking about. I have never been in the awe of wealth and affluence," said Azam Khan.
Jaya's rival, Begum Noor Bano is from the family of the Nawabs, that monopolised power in Rampur for decades, till Azam Khan emerged as a strong competitor.
"I can't compete with her money," said Begum Noor Bano, Congress candidate from Rampur.
But today both of them find themselves on the same side, as Rampur's old money, and old politics, faces the challenge of a rank outsider.
And when Jaya is asked about the reason why, after making her political debut in Andhra Pradesh, she made the move to Uttar Pradesh, she says, "AP plus UP is equal to JP."