Employment on voters' minds

As Uttar Pradesh gets busy with Assembly elections, a pre-poll survey said 20 per cent voters feel the availability of jobs was the most important issue in the state. 

This figure could be important considering 2.5 million voters will cast their vote for the first time in the 2017 elections.

Although the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) began working with school- and college-going new voters, many of them will be influenced by the leadership of the Samajwadi Party-Congress combine, led by Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi.

But at the core of their concern is jobs, IndiaSpend has found.

While the number of