Lucknow, Sept. 9 -- Uttar Pradesh-based political parties - the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Azad Samaj Party (ASP), as well as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) allies Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the Nishad party - have started mobilising their cadre for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

Newly appointed BSP national convenor Akash Anand, party president Mayawati's nephew, will launch his party's campaign with the Sarvajan Hitay Yatra from Bhabhua, the district headquarters of Bihar's Kaimur district on September 10. Akash will address a public meeting before the yatra that will pass through various assembly constituencies across Bihar. The BSP has influence over Dalit voters in the Kaimur region, which borders Uttar...