Lucknow:
With just over three weeks to go before the crucial assembly elections begin in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party will release its vision document for the state.
The document will be unveiled by party president Nitin Gadkari in Lucknow and is expected to focus on employment, industrial resurgence and infrastructure development.
The first phase of polls in the state will be held on February 8 and will conclude on March 3 over seven phases.
The BJP has already announced the names of 381 candidates against a total of 403 seats in the assembly. Of those named, 123 belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and 83 are from the Scheduled Castes (SCs). The party has also given tickets to 45 women candidates, besides five former and present state presidents and 27 former ministers.
(With PTI inputs)