Yogi Adityanath today filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, where he is contesting his first state election.
Before taking his first formal step towards fighting the UP election, he prayed at the Gorakhnath temple and performed a havan.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several BJP leaders accompanied him in a huge show of strength by the party in Gorakhpur in eastern UP, which is Yogi Adityanath's stronghold.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a digital rally in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh said today.
In rally for Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi will digitally address assembly segments from the districts of Meerut, Noida, Ghaziabad, Aligarh and Hapur, the party said.
It will be PM Modi's second set of digital rallies, with the first one having been held on January 31.
The first phase of the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh is on February 10, and the second and third phases are on February 14 and 20.
Most of the western Uttar Pradesh constituencies would go to polls in the first three phases. Polls in the state will be held in seven phases in all.
