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New Delhi: A resurgent Congress in Uttar Pradesh is likely to benefit the BJP in around half a dozen Lok Sabha constituencies as the contest becomes triangular and the grand old party eats into the SP-BSP alliance votes.In 2014, the Congress came second in six Lok Sabha constituencies of UP –– Ghaziabad, Saharanpur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Barabanki and Kushinagar. It won Amethi and Rae Bareli. While the party will be in a strong enough position to make the fight triangular, some candidates put up by the BSP are weak and this may confuse the Muslim voters on whether to vote for the alliance or the Congress.Congress becomes BJP’s main adversary in some urban constituencies where SP and BSP do not have a strong leader. The Congress has fielded Imran Masood from the Saharanpur seat in western UP.Masood, who has courted controversies in the past due to his rabid remarks against Narendra Modi and the BJP, has a good hold over the Muslim voters and would dent the SP-BSP vote base in this seat. In such a scenario, BJP candidate Raghav Lakhan Pal may have an edge.Congress UP unit chief Raj Babbar has been moved from Moradabad to Fatehpur Sikri, a seat he lost by a thin margin once. He is a formidable candidate this time, and this makes it a triangular contest. A division of Muslim votes here between the Congress and SPBSP alliance would help the BJP in Fatehpur Sikri. Babbar has got Muslim votes in his previous elections, be it from Firozabad or this seat. Congress has replaced Babbar with Imran Pratapgarhi, a poet, in Moradabad. He is likely divide the Muslim vote and this increases the worries of the SP-BSP.Former minister Salman Khurshid is the Congress candidate from Farrukhabad and the Muslim votes are likely to be divided here as well. BSP candidate in Aligarh, Ajit Balyan, is an outsider and may divide the votes.Congress has fielded Brijender Singh who enjoys good backing from the Muslims. A division of Jat and Muslim votes here will benefit the BJP. Ghaziabad, bordering Delhi, has a sizable Congress vote bank and if the party fields a good candidate it would pose a challenge to Union minister VK Singh.Congress leader Raj Babbar lost this seat in 2014 by a margin of 5.67 lakh votes. In 2009, Rajnath Singh had won this seat after some initial challenge from the Congress. His victory margin was 90,681. Much would depend on how SPBSP and Congress play the 2019 battle.Barabanki used to be a SP stronghold in the early 1990s but the seat was won by Congress’ PL Punia in 2009. He came second in 2014, losing to Priyanka Rawat of BJP. This time, his son Tanuj is in the fray, but the SP-BSP alliance is confident of getting the caste combination right in this reserved seat. Home minister Rajnath Singh is a formidable candidate in Lucknow which is also a BJP stronghold.However, Congress has been getting a good number of votes here. Jitin Prasada may be fielded here by Congress. A division of the secular vote here would help Singh win comfortably. While there will be a contest in Kanpur seat as well, former Union minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal is the Congress candidate and is strongly placed. A triangular fight here would help the BJP. RPN Singh, the Congress candidate in Kushinagar, is likely to be in a direct contest with BJP but a triangular contest would help the latter.