Lok Sabha polls: Voter turnout biggest concern for parties in eastern UP

The sixth phase of polling, covering some eastern districts, reported a slight drop in the vote percentage

As 13 constituencies in eastern Uttar Pradesh, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varannasi, wrap up voting in the last phase of the Lok Sabbha Elections on May 19, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the 'gatbandhan', its principal opponent, have one preoccupation: maximising voter turnout in the blistering heat, exacerbated by gusty winds. On May 12, when the second last set of seats, also covering some eastern districts, reported a slight drop in the vote percentage, the workers, gathered at the BJP’s central election office in Varanasi, recalled Modi’s nomination speech and the lines in which he cautioned the electors