To give an edge to the BJP in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, four spokespersons from the party's Uttar Pradesh unit have been dispatched to the neighbouring State for effective media management.

The spokespersons will be responsible for disseminating information pertaining to various welfare measures initiated by the Centre and ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, where voting will be held on November 28.

Alok Awasthi, Tarunkant, Shalabh Mani Tripathi and Rakesh Tripathi have already left for Madhya Pradesh, a senior UP BJP leader told here Sunday adding that they were likely to remain there till the last day of campaigning.

Alok Awasthi has been assigned with the duty of media management in Shahdol division of MP that covers Shahdol, Umaria, Anuppur districts. Besides, Tarunkant has been assigned the Rewa division and will look after the districts of Rewa, Satna, Sidhi and Singrauli.

Shalabh Mani Tripathi will handle Gwalior division, which consists of Gwalior, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Datia and Guna districts. Rakesh Tripathi will be responsible for Sagar division covering districts of Sagar, Chhatarpur, Damoh, Panna, Tikamgarh and Niwari.

State BJP Spokesman Rajneesh Agrawal told The Pioneer that this is a routine process. Party leaders from one State to other are sent during elections. In the past, leaders from Madhya Pradesh have worked in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and other States.

According to the Election Commission of India, the issuance of notification for the MP Assembly election will be done on November 2, while November 9 is the last day of nominations.

Scrutiny of nominations will be done on November 12 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is November 14. Voting will be held on November 28, and counting of votes will be held on December 11.

In the 2013 Assembly elections, BJP bagged a lion-share of 165 out of 230 seats, while Congress got 58 seats. BSP was able to win four seats, while three seats went to independents.