New Delhi: 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:
Feb 13, 2022 13:36 (IST)
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.
Feb 13, 2022 11:50 (IST)
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.