In an attempt to position himself as a key contender for the Dalit, minority, and backward class vote banks in Uttar Pradesh ahead of next year’s Assembly elections, Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) president and Lok Sabha MP Chandra Shekhar “Aazad” has decided to embark on a statewide yatra from June 2. Party leaders said the leadership was in the process of finalising the specifics of the yatra and that the plan is to contest all 403 constituencies in the UP polls. “We will start from Purvanchal (east UP) and our leader will travel across the state,” the party’s state vice-president Saurabh Kishore told The Indian Express. ASP (Kanshi Ram) leaders said the party’s election campaign would focus on Dalits, Muslims, and the Extremely Backward Class (EBC) groups. The party plans to field at least 100 EBC candidates, with sources saying that representation to minorities and the backward classes will be given in proportion to their population.…