'BJP gaining in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections after Hindutva introduced in campaign'

New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has claimed that BJP is now gaining in UP Assembly Elections after Hindutva introduced in the party campaign.

Taking to Twitter, Swamy on Wednesday wrote,"Happy to see in UP that BJP is gaining every day after some Hindutva essence introduced in the campaign flavour (sic)."

Happy to see in UP that BJP is gaining every day after some Hindutva essence introduced in the campaign flavour — Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) February 22, 2017

UP polls: 4th phase on Thursday

Fifty-three constituencies will see polling on Thursday in the fourth phase of staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

A total of 1.84 crore people will be eligible to vote in the election, whose main players are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). 

In 2012, the Samajwadi Party won 24 of the 53 seats, the BSP 15, the Congress 6, the BJP five while three seats were bagged by the Peace Party.

There are 680 candidates in the fourth phase, including 61 women. 

Around 1 crore of the voters on Thursday are males and 84 lakh women. The third gender includes 1,034 voters.