The party, banking on the legacy of former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh, had no MP and its lone MLA had switched to the BJP.

While the BJP has the numbers to send its eight candidates to the Upper House, its ally, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, which has four MLAs in the 403-member UP assembly, holds key to the fate its ninth nominee.

The bypolls were necessitated after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya vacated their seats following their election to the Uttar Pradesh legislative council.

'Lord Rama is still in the same shape as he was before the disputed structure fell...'

Shah said, "Rahul baba cannot see development as he sports Italian spectacles."

The RSS will also offer special prayers to protect cows.

Leaders from across the political spectrum criss-crossed the entire state to woo the voters but Mulayam mostly kept indoors.