Jan 17:The battle for Uttar Pradesh is set to intensify with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planning to launch an agitation against the Congress.

BJP launching agitation in the come around of Law Minister Salman Khurshid’s promise of increasing minority quota to 9 percent if the Congress is voted to power.The Law Minister said on Thursday in his reply to the Election Commission that it was not a new policy. It was in consonance with the Congress policy and it is part of Congress manifesto.Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi has complained to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying Khutshid had tried to weaken the authority of the EC with his public utterances.