BJP Eyes Comeback In Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat, Set For Two-Cornered Fight

Baghpat in western Uttar Pradesh, which gave India one of its tallest Jat leaders and former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, is set for a two-cornered fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal as it goes to polls on April 11 in the first phase of national elections. Union Minister Satyapal Singh, the sitting lawmaker here, will contest against RLD's Jayant Chaudhary. In 2014, RLD founder Ajit Singh lost to Satyapal Singh with a margin of nearly two lakh vote. This time, he has handed over the mantle to his son Jayant Chaudhury.