Voting for the fifth phase of UP polls began with 692 candidates in the fray in 61 assembly constituencies. Around 2.24 crore voters will exercise their franchise in this phase in the districts of Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Prayagraj, Barabanki and Gonda, among others. Amethi and Raebareli, once considered Congress bastions, and Ayodhya, the epicentre of the Ram temple movement,
Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla on Wednesday said that cash worth Rs 6.85 crore and 3.76 lakh litres of liquor were seized since the announcement of polls in the nine districts where votes were cast today in the fourth phase of the assembly polls.