India, July 29 -- The campaigning for three closely-tracked bye-elections in Bihar's Bankipur, Madhya Pradesh's Datia and Gujarat's Manjalpur, to be held on July 30, ended on Tuesday with last-minute canvassing for votes and parties holding rallies and roadshows.

In Bankipur, located in Patna's urban area, the stage is set for a keenly watched contest among the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing leader, Neeraj Kumar Sinha, political strategist-turned-leader, Prashant Kishor, from the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), and Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Rekha Gupta.

The poll was triggered by the election of five-term MLA and BJP national president Nitin Nabin to the Rajya Sabha in April.

Kishor has been the talk of the constituency, personall...