LUCKNOW, Oct. 18 -- With polling for 11 Uttar Pradesh legislative council seats - five graduates' and six teachers' constituencies - scheduled for October 23, the BJP has pressed its top leadership into last-mile campaigning to retain its dominance in the Upper House.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, BJP state president Pankaj Chaudhary and Cabinet ministers have fanned out across regions, holding meetings with teachers and graduates to rally support for party candidates.

On Sunday, Maurya campaigned for the BJP candidate in Prayagraj for the Allahabad-Jhansi graduate constituency, while Chaudhary was in Maharajganj campaigning for the Gorakhpur-Faizabad constituency.

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