Assembly Polls: Assembly Elections are taking place in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address elections rallies in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and Punjab today. The rallies are scheduled in Uttar Pradesh's Akbarpur and Punjab's Jalandar.
Home Minister Amit Shah will address rally in Patiala today along with former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh as Punjab gears up for assembly elections scheduled for February 20.
Congress' Priyanka Gandhi will address rallies in Kotkapura, Dhuri and Dera Bassi today.
In Uttar Pradesh, polling was conducted on February 10 for the first phase of the assembly elections. The next phase polling will take place on Febuary 14, followed by February 20, 23, 27, March 3 and 7, for the other five phases.
Elections in Goa and Uttarakhand will be held on February 14.
Punjab will also go into the polls in a single phase on February 20.
The voting dates for the two-phase Manipur assembly elections have been changed and will now Voting for the first phase is on February 28, and the second phase is on March 5.
Here are the Highlights on Assembly Elections 2022:
Charanjit Channi Won't Be Elected MLA: Arvind Kejriwal's Telepoll Claim Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today claimed that Punjab Chief Minister Channi is losing from both seats he is contesting and this has been confirmed through another of their telepolls, which was repeated thrice.
Campaigning in Punjab's Amritsar, Mr Kejriwal said, "Channi Saheb is fighting from Chamkaur Sahib and from Bhadaur. We have conducted a survey thrice, Channi Saheb is losing from both seats".
The Aam Aadmi Party, he said, will get 52 per cent votes in Chamkaur. It Bhadaur, it will get 48 per cent votes, the AAP chief said. Read more
Punjab Election: We Are Fighting Elections For Next Generation, Says Navjot Sidhu
Ahead of the Assembly elections, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said that the party was fighting the elections for the next generation.
"We are fighting this election for the next generation," Mr Sidhu told the media persons in Amritsar, Punjab.
Punjab will go to the Assembly polls on February 20 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.
Uttarakhand Elections: BJP Has No Challenges, Says Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Ahead of polling on Monday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday made a veiled attack on Congress, saying that Opposition is not able to put up a fight against the incumbent government, for being busy in faction fighting.
"There is no competition from the Opposition as they are busy fighting among themselves. They are clashing among themselves," said Mr Dhami.
Uttar Pradesh Election: Rajnath Singh To Address 3 Election Rallies In Uttar Pradesh TodayDefence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday will address election meetings in Ramnagar, Haidergarh and Unchahar Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.
Punjab Election: Punjab Chief Minister Says This To Arvind Kejriwal On Illegal Sand Mining Charanjit Singh Channi has hit back at Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal after the Punjab Chief Minister's name was cleared of allegations linked to illegal sand mining in his constituency ahead of voting day in the assembly elections.
The Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, had requested the Punjab Governor to investigate the alleged sand mining case in Mr Channi's constituency, Chamkaur Sahib. The Governor forwarded the request to the Punjab Police chief. The Deputy Commissioner at Mr Channi's constituency in a status report sent to the sand mining enforcement authorities said no complaint of sand mining or records were found.
The investigation, however, will continue as it is being carried out by the Mining Department and the police.