LUCKNOW, Oct. 17 -- With the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections just months away, the BJP has pulled out all stops for the October 23 legislative council polls, deploying chief minister Yogi Adityanath, state president Pankaj Chaudhary and state general secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh to oversee and micro-manage its campaign on the ground.

In the biennial elections to five graduate and six teacher constituencies, 14,81,310 voters - 11,85,706 graduates and 2,95,604 teachers - are set to decide the fate of 152 candidates at 2,697 polling stations. Counting is scheduled for October 27, while the terms of the sitting members end on December 6.

The polls are significant for the BJP as its a crucial electoral test in UP after the ...