UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will contest next month's Assembly election from the Gorakhpur (Urban constituency), the BJP said Saturday afternoon, as it released its first list of candidates.
Voting for the Gorakhpur (Urban) seat will be on March 3 - the sixth and penultimate phase.
Meanwhile, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said Saturday that his political outfit - the Azad Samaj Party - would not ally with the Samajwadi Party for next month's Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.
Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav "does not want the support of Dalits", Mr Azad told reporters.
In Punjab, former Punjab minister Joginder Singh Mann joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today, a day after snapping his 50-year-old ties with the Congress.
Here are the Highlights on Assembly Election 2022:
"SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced youth leader Parminder Singh Sohana as party candidate from Mohali. He has remained Vice Chairman & MD of Labourfed Punjab. Total announced 94," said party leader Daljit Singh Cheema in a tweet.
Mohali is currently represented by former minister and Congress MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu.
With the Election Commission putting a ban on holding public rallies and gatherings in view of the spurt in Coronavirus cases, Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel will start door-to-door campaigning for Uttar Pradesh's Assembly elections from January 16.
The Chief Minister is scheduled to visit Barola at 12:00-1:00 pm, Silarpur at 1:00-2:00 pm,
Sorkha at 2:00-3:00 pm, Behlolpur at 3:30- 4:00 pm and Jalpura at 5:00-6:00 pm in Gautam Buddh Nagar District.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday appealed to party workers to follow COVID-19 norms.
He said the Samajwadi Party will soon declare its candidates for the assembly elections in the state.
We have to follow Covid protocols. If these are not followed, questions will be raised, Yadav said a day after police lodged an FIR against 2,500 Samajwadi Party activists for flouting Covid norms.
A massive crowd had gathered at the Samajwadi Party office on Friday for the induction ceremony of former BJP minister Swami Prasad Maurya and some MLAs.
Punjab requires leaders who are hardworking and dedicated. #CongressHiAyegi #SarbatDaBhala pic.twitter.com/1ylgJHpuDr
- Punjab Congress (@INCPunjab) January 15, 2022
SHOCKING: Election Commission is amending its rules related to registration of Pol Parties-
- AAP (@AamAadmiParty) January 13, 2022
1️⃣EC is registering a new party despite Model Code of Conduct in place
2️⃣30 days objection period being reduced to 7 days
BJP/Modi is doing all this to stop AAP in Punjab-@raghav_chadha pic.twitter.com/oDvvObGuCW
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has released the first list of candidates on 53 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming polls.