Uttarakhand is moving in the right direction, and it should continue to tread that path, Adityanath said. Targeting the Congress for talking about establishing a Muslim university in Uttarakhand, he added that the party has no leadership.

Polling closed at 6 pm but those already in queue were allowed to vote, Election Commission officials said. There were reports of technical snags in EVMs at some places, but voting was peaceful, they added.

Ahead of the first phase polling in the state, UP CM Adityanath had posted a message on Twitter, and said, "It would not take much time for Uttar Pradesh to become Kashmir, Kerala and Bengal."

The battle for Uttar Pradesh began on Thursday with polling at 58 assembly seats spread across 11 districts in the western part of the state.

In the first of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh assembly election 2022, polling will be held in 11 districts including Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Shamli, Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra, and Mathura.

PM Modi said dynastic politics compromises on the talent coming into a political party. Taunting Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, PM Modi recalled his 'fake Samajwadi' jibe saying these parties were concerned about only parivarvad.

While the BJP on Tuesday assured free electricity for irrigation, the SP said 300 units of free electricity will be given and assured that a 24-hour power supply in the entire state.

Around 8 lakh migrant workers had left Delhi for their hometowns in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and other states during the first four weeks of the lockdown in March-April 2020.

Earlier on Monday, taking to his Twitter handle, UP CM said that the Delhi government's move to force the migrant workers out of the city was an inhuman act.

The SP list also named Nandita Shukla, widow of former BJP leader Ghanshyam Shukla, from Mehnon in Gonda, Vikrama Yadav from Kushinagar, H.N. Patel from Sagdi in Azamgarh, Saurabh Singh from Vishwanathganj in Pratapgarh and Kaushal Singh from Nautanwa in Maharajganj.

India TV-Ground Zero Research conducted an opinion poll survey to gauge the mood of people in Uttar Pradesh. Will BJP be able to retain the big state or Samajwadi Party would be back in power once again, catch all the updates.

Addressing a poll campaign in Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar, the Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister hit out at opposition parties for being “casteist”.

The action against Rai comes close on the heels of a sedition case registered against Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate from Bijnor Neeraj Chaudhary over alleged pro-Pakistan slogans during campaigning for the assembly polls.

Earlier, Samajwadi President Akhilesh Yadav had said that if his party comes to power, people will get 300 units of domestic electricity free of cost and thier irrigation bills will be waived off.

Addressing a conference on voter awareness in Gorakhpur, Adityanath said, "Gorakhpur will no longer be identified with the mafias.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several BJP leaders accompanied CM Yogi Adityanath in a huge show of strength as he filed nomination from the Gorakhpur Sadar seat.

The electoral campaign has gained momentum for the seven-phased Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. From door-to-door canvassing, virtual appeals and marathon meetings, political parties are making their bid to capture power. Besides UP, polling will also be held in Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.

The team of India TV's election special show 'Yeh Public Hai Sab Jaanti Hai' reached Rampur and tried to gauge the mood of voters in Rampur, Samajwadi Party Azam Khan's stronghold region.

In a video shared by news agency ANI, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Akhilesh Yadav, who were on their respective campaign in Uttar Pradesh, are seen greeting each other, smiling, waving as they came face to face in Bulandshahr.

Akhilesh Yadav exuded confidence that the SP-RLD alliance will come to power in Uttar Pradesh after March 10.