This is the first time Adityanath will contest elections for the state Assembly. He had represented the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat for five times in the past. Gorakhpur Urban seat will go to vote in the sixth phase on March 3.
The Baraut Kotwali police of Baghpat registered a case against Jaiveer Singh Tomar after SP-RLD alliance leaders Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary conducted an election roadshow in support of Tomar, which saw a crowd of about 1600 people who violated the Covid guidelines and the model code of conduct.
Taking a sly dig at the Opposition, Shah said when he was made the BJP in charge of the state in 2013; then journalists used to say that he was being sent to a place where the party would perhaps not touch even double digits in elections. However, it was the opposition that did not touch double digits.
Asaduddin Owaisi’s car was allegedly fired upon in Hapur while he was returning to Delhi after attending election-related events in western Uttar Pradesh.
Along with Shah, Adityanath will be accompanied by Uttar Pradesh BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad when he files his nomination papers.
The first phase of voting will take place on February 10. In the first phase, elections will also be held in 9 assembly seats in the Agra district.
In the first round of elections, 623 candidates are running. ADR has published a report on these candidates. The affidavits of 615 applicants out of 623 were examined in the report. These candidates are running in 58 different districts.
"BJP, Congress, and other party workers do not need to leave their organisations to join AAP. But I have a request: vote for broom (AAP symbol) in this Assembly election for the sake of your children's and Goa's future. Please forget your party this time," Kejriwal said.
Addressing the media, Singh said, "I am a member of the BJP and will stay so for the rest of my life. No worker should challenge the party leadership's decision. The party must have done it for the better."
On Wednesday morning, the AAP candidates swore an oath of devotion to their party and a pledge to avoid corruption at a hotel in Dona Paula.
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