BALLIA: The ruling BJP may face a close fight in some Assembly constituencies of Ballia district this election.
The party shifted its sitting MLA from Ballia Sadar and UP minister Anand Swaroop Shukla to Bairia to field state vice-president Dayashankar Singh. Shukla got Bairia after BJP dropped controversial MLA Surendra Singh, who has now entered the fray as a candidate of Vikassheel Insan Party.