Addressing a rally in Azamgarh, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday sought to convey to the region's weavers - a strong voter constituency in the area - that "no party had done as much for them as the Congress".

Monday will see several stalwarts filing their nominations, as the day has been declared auspicious by astrologers. District magistrate Dileep Jawalkar says the administration expects at least 10 major nominations to be filed and has made special security arrangements near the collectorate.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is seriously ill for the past two years, and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who did not canvas in the Bihar polls due to objections from ally JD(U), figure in the BJP's list of election campaigners.

It is a show that gives women the strength to battle the odds and change their lives for the better.

Potato is the main cash crop of 80% of the farmers in the Agra-Farrukhabad-Kannauj belt. However, for the past few  years, the dreams of small and marginal farmers have crashed. They find it too hot a crop to handle, especially when there is a glut in its production.