BJP, Congres, and SP have fielded their 2017 assembly election candidates Anil Parashar, Vivek Bansal and Shaz Ishaq for the 2022 Assembly elections too.
In Aligarh, many Muslims fear political isolation, as they feel major parties have left the community to fend for themselves. But for many voters who came to cast their vote, the main talking point was development.
Both factory workers and owners are feeling the brunt of first demonetisation and then the COVID-19 lockdowns, and believe the government is ignoring them.