lucknow uttar pradesh bjp chief bhupendra chaudhary on thursday said that the party is carrying out an aggressive campaign to retain khatauli in the byelection because the seat comes under muzaffarnagar which is the epicentre of politics in west up region and adjoining areastalking to toi chaudhary said that the party will increase its winning margin in the seat as compared to the 2017 and 2022 assembly elections we would leave no stone unturned to retain this very important seat in muzaffarnagar he saidchaudharys assertion experts said potentially marks bjps aggressive bid to roll out its preliminary playbook encompassing muzaffarnagar which was hit by communal violence in 2013 that left several people dead displaced thousands and created a rift between the jats and muslims reorienting political equations in the volatile west upthe bjp has fielded rajkumari saini the wife of former party mla vikram saini whose disqualification from up assembly following his conviction in the 2013 muzaffarnagar riots have necessitated the bypoll rajkumari who is up against spbacked rld candidate madan bhaiyya has been the gram pradhan of muzaffarnagars kawal village from where the riots had startedexperts pointed out how cm yogi adityanath during his november 30 rally in khatauli alluded to sachin and gaurav the two jat youths whose lynching reportedly after the murder of one shahnawaz triggered massive violence in muzaffarnagar significantly gauravs mother sureshwati is also in the fray as an independent her husband ravindra singh is reported to have been a bjp campaigner but fell out of favouryogis reference to kandhla and kairana in shamli district which witnessed purported migration of hindu families following alleged criminal intimidation from muslims was also seen as a key marker of bjps strategy to replay its poll script that contributed significantly in bringing the saffron outfit to power with an overwhelming majority in the 2017 assembly electionsthe cm had also come out in open support of vikram saini while describing him as a person who tried to protect the dignity and respect of muzaffarnagar at the same time he described saini as a victim of conspiracy by the sprld which want to establish a talibanlike rulerld spokesperson anil dubey said that it was bjps old tactic to play communal card before any election why arent they speaking about development they have nothing to show for the youth and the farmers he said the sp spokesperson abdul hafiz gandhi too maintained that the bjp was trying to drift the attention of people from actual issuessignificantly rld chief jayant chaudhary has been engaged in groundlevel campaign instead of going in for large public rallies rld sources said that jayant is cautious of not falling into the trap of being seen wooing any particular community he is showing his affinity equally towards both jats and muslims said an rld leaderthe bjp is also learnt to have launched a silent campaign against rld candidate madan bhaiyya highlighting his alleged criminal background madan fought the last assembly polls on an rld