Assembly polls highlights: Fourth phase of UP polls in 59 seats tomorrow

Assembly election LIVE updates: Several BJP leaders, including its national president JP Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah, are set to hold public rallies in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.

The fourth phase of polling for 59 Assembly constituencies across nine districts in Uttar Pradesh is scheduled for February 23. (ANI)

With the polling now over in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa, the focus has shifted towards Manipur where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held a public campaign in state capital Imphal on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to address a public meeting in Heingang assembly constituency at 11am on Tuesday....Read More

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• 22 Feb 2022, 11:12:34 PM IST

  UP polls: Fourth phase voting tomorrow

  Uttar Pradesh will go into the fourth phase of polls tomorrow with as many as 59 constituencies across 19 districts voting. Here's the full list of constituencies.

• 22 Feb 2022, 08:23:22 PM IST

  Stalin hails “Dravidian model” of governance for TN urban local body poll win

  Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief MK Stalin hails “Dravidian model” of governance for party's clean sweep in urban local body polls. Read more.

• 22 Feb 2022, 07:16:08 PM IST

  NCP leader Nawab Malik says BJP will face a thrashing defeat in all poll-bound states

  Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik said on Tuesday that the BJP will suffer a thrashing defeat in all the five states where assembly elections are underway. He added the saffron camp will win less than 150 seats in the 403 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh assembly, according to PTI. Read here

• 22 Feb 2022, 05:53:19 PM IST

  With KP Maurya by side, Amit Shah holds roadshow in Prayagraj ahead of fourth phase of UP polls

  Union home minister Amit Shah holds a roadshow along with Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, in Prayagraj on Tuesday.

• 22 Feb 2022, 02:55:41 PM IST

  UP elections: BSP, SP ‘wiped out’ after 3 phases of polling, says Amit Shah

  Amit Shah said that the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party have been “wiped out” after the first three phases of polling in Uttar Pradesh, reports ANI.

  “3 phases have done the work of laying the foundation of BJP govt with more than 300 seats. In the next phases, this majority is to be made grander,” he said. 

• 22 Feb 2022, 01:44:55 PM IST

  ‘We do politics for building society, not reluctant to take tough decisions’: Rajnath Singh

• 22 Feb 2022, 01:42:56 PM IST

  Top BJP leaders campaign in UP

  Several senior BJP leaders, including Union home minister Amit Shah, party's president JP Nadda and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, campaigned for the party in various places in the state. Nadda addressed a public meeting in Rudrapur, Deoria, while Shah and Adityanath held rallies at Raniganj and Ayodhya respectively. 

• 22 Feb 2022, 01:05:59 PM IST

  PM Modi meets and greets BJP supporters in Manipur

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Manipur, meets and greets BJP supporters in the state, which will go to the polls in two phases, on February 28 and March 5.

• 22 Feb 2022, 12:41:46 PM IST

  UP poll: Akhilesh Yadav vows to fill 11 lakh vacant govt jobs

  Akhilesh Yadav assured that all vacant government jobs would be filled if voted to power.  

  “I promise that as soon as SP forms the government in the state, all 11 lakh vacant posts would be filled,” he said. 

  In a direct appeal to the youngsters, he also said that the recruitment for forces, including the state police, would be started.

• 22 Feb 2022, 12:32:13 PM IST

  ‘UP polls not just to decide next state govt but fate of democracy in country’: Akhilesh Yadav

  

  Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav addressing a public rally in Karachhana in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

  Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that his party and its allies were “well on their way” to form the government in Uttar Pradesh in 2022. 

  “People of the state have made up their minds. This election is not just to decide the next government and the fate of UP but even the fate of democracy in the country,” he said.

• 22 Feb 2022, 10:54:57 AM IST

  ‘BJP will win Uttarakhand with full majority’: CM Dhami

  Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win the Assembly elections in the state with full majority and also said the Congress will not win, reports ANI. 

• 22 Feb 2022, 08:51:45 AM IST

  PM Modi to address poll rallies in Manipur, UP 

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold election rallies in Imphal, Manipur and Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday.