Congress president Rahul Gandhi, his sister and party general secretary Priyanka Vadra and party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia will hold 3 rallies in West UP. Two days after Priyanka's successful road show in BJP's stronghold of Ghaziabad, Congress will be launching its campaign for the first phase with rallies in Saharanpur, Kairana and Bijnore. 8 constituencies in the region will go to the polls on April 11 in the first phase, of which Congress is contesting on 6 seats. The region has a sizeable population of minorities, and Congress is in direct fight with the SP-BSP-RLD alliance for the minority votes. The six seats on which Congress is contesting in the first phase are Saharanpur, Kairana, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Bijnore. The party has not put up candidates in Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat.