The stage is set in Sisamau (Kanpur) as Samajwadi Party’s Naseem Solanki takes on BJP’s Suresh Awasthi and other candidates in a heated contest. Naseem Solanki is contesting on the seat previously held by her husband Irfan Solanki who was sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in a 2022 arson case. Entering the political arena for the first time, Naseem Solanki describes this election as a fight to prove her husband’s “innocence”.