Lucknow, March 16 -- Winning back its former pocket borough Baghpat is among the Rashtriya Lok Dal's (RLD) top concerns in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, where voting will be held in seven phases beginning April 19.

The RLD, which is in alliance with the BJP, has fielded loyalist Rajkumar Sangwan from Baghpat that was represented by former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh at least thrice in the past and then by his son and Jayant Chaudhary's father Ajit Singh a dozen times between 1989 and 2009. Baghpat goes to polls in the second phase on April 26.

This is the first time since 1977, when no one from Chaudhary Charan Singh's family is contesting from Baghpat.

Chaudhary Charan Singh, who was born at a village in Hapur distri...