Stepping up the campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party in the state, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met prominent Muslim clerics on Tuesday.

Rajnath Singh met Lucknow Eidgah Imam Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali and Shia clerics Maulana Agha Roohi and Maulana Yasoob Abbas.

Rajnath Singh is pitted against Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Poonam Sinha and Congress candidate Pramod Krishnam from the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency. 

Singh says that he does not believe that Modi's persona is overshadowing the work of other lawmakers and ministers.