BATTLEFIELD UTTAR PRADESH

It's a bare all, dare all in the fourth phase of electioneering in Uttar Pradesh. Standards of civility and public correctness has been thrown to the winds in gay abandon. In a rush to grab the headlines the thrusts and parries of politicians across the party line has touched a new meanness.

On Monday suddenly the donkey epithet was sprung on the unsuspecting populace, who just grinned and beared. The suspense lingered till the last as to who the special personage was on whom the venerable title was conferred.

While Akhilesh played on with the donkey turn of phrase, others generously let loose their verbal quiver on their opponents.
Mayawati took a leaf out of Modi's book and coined a acronym for the Prime Minister.
Manohar Damodar Das Modi to her meant  'Mr Negative Dalit Man.'

Modi played his game well again and christened the Bahujan Samaj Party as 'Behenji Sampatti Party.'

The new found creativity of political leaders is writ large with desperation. With the third round of polling safely in the box, almost a third of the game is out of the hand of political parties.

As the polling moves on to the fourth phase politicians are on the edge.

On Sunday, Modi blatantly played the communal card and positioned himself as a well wisher of Muslims and demanding proper electricity supply during Ramzan as well. The pains of Muslims seems  have touched the bosom of Modi in election time. Hope it lingers on well beyond too.

Fourth phase is going to be interesting fight in one more than one sense. 189 crorepatis and 116 candidates with criminal cases are in the fray.

Fourth phase will cover 53 constituencies in 12 districts, including Bundelkhand.

So no wonder that Modi shed tears for the poor state of affairs of the region.Largesse were promised
if voted to power.

AICC President Sonia Gandhi's Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency will be covered in this phase.
The other districts going to polls in the fourth phase are Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Banda, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot and Fatehpur.