While Kaushal Kishore is contesting on BJP ticket, Chaudhary has been fielded by BSP.
In Kanpur, Union Coal Minister Sriprakash is facing stiff competition from former BJP national president Murli Manohar Joshi, who has shifted from Varanasi after Narendra Modi decided to contest from the holy city.
Election in Bundelkhand has heated up with the entry of former Madhya pradesh Chief Minister and sitting BJP MLA from Charkhari Uma Bharti.
Bharti is pitted against Union Minister of State for Rural Development Pradeep Jain Aditya, who would be trying to retain his seat.
Bharti, who is banking largely on a Modi wave, is promising to create a separate Bundelkhand state within three years of being voted to power.
