Lok Sabha elections: It's a game of chess in Uttar Pradesh's wild east

It's almost dusk at Vandevi on the outskirts of Mau town in eastern UP, a revered pilgrimage centre for Hindus. The dust in the air mixes with the husk from mechanised harvesters dotting the wheat fields in the area. Out of this haze stick-wielding, gun-toting cops suddenly emerge, waving moving vehicles to a stop for "checking".

from Times of India http://bit.ly/2VYE7mH