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Yogi Adityanath welcomes announcement of Assembly polls dates

| @indiablooms | Jan 08, 2022, at 11:34 pm

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath has welcomed the Assembly election dates announced by the Election Commission on Saturday.

UP is one of the five states where people will vote to elect a new assembly this year.

Yogi tweeted, "Announcement of the poll dates of the state in the great festival of democracy is welcomed. Bharatiya Janata Party on the basis of the achievements of the 'double engine' government will succeed in forming the government with a thumping majority with the blessings of the people."

It may be noted that Chief Election Commission Sushil Chandra has announced that assembly elections will be held in seven phases in UP between Feb 10 to Mar 7.

Apart from UP, elections would be held in four other states namely Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur within this time frame.

Counting of votes will take place on Mar 10.

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