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Assembly Election 2022 Live Updates: Union minister Anupriya Patel, BJP’s Dayashankar Singh in touch with SP, says SBSP chief Rajbhar

2022 Election LIVE News, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab Election Latest Updates: Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will be held between February 10 and March 7 in seven phases with the counting of votes on March 10.

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January 10, 2022 11:39:59 am
Covid vaccination certificates issued in the five poll-bound states will not have Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo since the model code of conduct has come into force. (Representational image)

Assembly Election 2022 Live News and Updates: Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar claimed that a senior BJP leader met him at his residence, whom he offered to contest on his party’s ticket in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls if the ruling outfit denies him the chance.

He also claimed that Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel is in touch with the opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) for the polls. Rajbhar added that several BJP ministers are in touch with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.

The Congress on Sunday released its second list of candidates for the Goa assembly elections. The candidates in this list are Jitendra Gaonkar, Rodolf Louis Fernandes, Rajesh Faldessai, Manisha Shenvi Usgaonkar, Viriato Fernandes, Olencio Simoes and Avertano Furtado.

Meanwhile, in a blow to the Congress, its vice president for Manipur and MLA Chaltonlien Amo switched over to the ruling BJP, a day after elections to the state assembly were announced.

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Assembly Election 2022 LIVE: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha leader Balbir Singh Rajewal ruled out the alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party for next month's Punjab Assembly polls; Follow this space for latest updates

With power shuttling between the BJP and the Congress every five years in Uttarakhand, the ruling BJP faces the challenge of repeating its government for a second consecutive term.

The challenge is only stiffened by an anti-incumbency worsened by the fact that the party in power gave three chief ministers to the state in less than five years, changing two of them in quick succession despite storming to power with a huge mandate in 2017.

The change of two chief ministers within just a few months has led the incumbent BJP to face the charge of frittering the mandate it got in 2017 and causing political instability in the state.

Sanyukt Samaj Morcha leader Balbir Singh Rajewal ruled out the alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party for next month's Punjab Assembly polls and said they will declare their candidates within a week. The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) leaders on Sunday held talks with farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni, who had launched the Sanyukt Sangharsh Party to contest the polls.

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