New Delhi, March 31 -- It's a direct fight between BJP's Sanjeev Balyan and SP's Harendra Singh Malik.

Despite an attempt by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to set up a triangular fight in Muzaffarnagar constituency, the sugar belt's nerve centre in western Uttar Pradesh, the direct fight here is between the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) sitting MP and Union minister Sanjeev Balyan and Samajwadi Party's (SP's) Harendra Singh Malik. BSP's Dara Singh Prajapati is trying to give the other two contestants a run for their money, promising to fight corruption and improve the level of education among the downtrodden.

In this agrarian Jat belt, Muslims tend to hold sway in pockets spread across five Assembly constituencies under the Lok Sabha ...