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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.
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
Meanwhile, the poll battle also continues in Uttar Pradesh for the remaining four phases of the seven-phase election. The fourth phase of elections for 59 Assembly constituencies across nine districts are scheduled for Wednesday (February 23). Several BJP leaders, including the party's national president JP Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah, are set to hold public rallies in the state on Tuesday.
The Congress and the Samajwadi Party too have ramped up their campaigning in the state. Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel will continue to campaign for the Congress in the state.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
‘We do politics for building society, not reluctant to take tough decisions’: Rajnath Singh
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.
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.
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.
‘UP polls not just to decide next state govt but fate of democracy in country’: Akhilesh Yadav
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.
‘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.
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.
