Mohammad Islam, the candidate from Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP walks door to door in Western Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, telling voters why they must vote for the elephant. The Shamli seat is held by the Congress, which has fielded its sitting lawmaker Pankaj Mallik again, this time strengthened by its alliance with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's Samjawadi Party.