UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will contest next month's Assembly election from the Gorakhpur (Urban constituency), the BJP said Saturday afternoon, as it released its first list of candidates. Voting for the Gorakhpur (Urban) seat will be on March 3 - the sixth and penultimate phase.
Meanwhile, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said Saturday that his political outfit - the Azad Samaj Party - would not ally with the Samajwadi Party for next month's Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav "does not want the support of Dalits", Mr Azad told reporters.
In Punjab, former Punjab minister Joginder Singh Mann joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today, a day after snapping his 50-year-old ties with the Congress.
Mayawati's BSP also announced their first list of 53 candidates for the UP elections.
Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab, and Uttarakhand will vote over seven phases starting February 10, with counting of votes scheduled for March 10.
