Assembly Elections Live Updates: BJP, Akhilesh Yadav’s Party Release Manifestos For UP Polls

UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Mizoram and Goa are the five states going to polls. (File)New Delhi: Both BJP and Samajwadi Party released their election manifestos today for the UP assembly polls.Tuesday was the last day of campaigning for first of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, which will start from Friday. As campaigning ended, top leaders from across parties were seen campaigning in western UP, where people will vote for 58 seats spread across 11 districts.Samajwadi Party on Monday announced that Ms Subhavati Shukla will take on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the Gorakhpur Urban constituency in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Ms Shukla’s name figured in the list of 24 candidates released by the party yesterday.With first-phase of polling to be held on February 10, all parties are going all out to woo votes in poll-bound states. Along with Uttar Pradesh, polls are being held in four other states – Punjab, Uttarakhand, Mizoram and Goa.Ahead of the Punjab polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed his first virtual rally in the state today. The BJP is fighting the Punjab Assembly polls in alliance with the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and the Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).Here are the Live updates on Assembly Elections 2022: Get NDTV UpdatesTurn on notifications to receive alerts as this story develops.On Last Day Of Campaigns for UP Polls Phase 1, Leaders Give A Final PushTuesday was the last day of campaigning for first of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, which will start from Friday. As campaigning ended, top leaders from across parties were seen campaigning in western UP, where people will vote for 58 seats spread across 11 districts.UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath campaigned in Moradabad, Amroha, Modinagar and Jewar. At his rally in Jewar’s Rabupura, he reminded people of BJP’s development projects while hitting out at other parties.BJP Says Stones, Cow Dung Thrown At Its Convoy In UPBJP candidate and MLA Sahendra Ramala’s convoy was allegedly attacked in Baghpat’s Chhaprauli on Tuesday.Cow dung was thrown on the convoy, which was also pelted with stones, BJP workers alleged.BJP leaders said a procession was being taken out in support of the BJP candidate when cow dung and cow dung cakes were thrown at the vehicles.



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