Cong tweaks strategy as battle nears last leg

As the political battle for Uttar Pradesh enters its last leg, the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Congress alliance is moving heavy artillery to the eastern parts of the state to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
 
The final show of strength will be in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, where Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will hold a joint roadshow on March 4. Congress in-charge of UP affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad, state unit chief Raj Babbar and a battery of senior leaders will be moving to Varanasi shortly. Party veteran Ashok Gehlot is overseeing preparations for the