TOP HEADLINES OF THE DAY | 20 Feb 2022

59 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and 117 in Punjab will go to the polls on Sunday, with the two states witnessing multi-cornered contests. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in power in Uttar Pradesh, while Punjab is being ruled by Congress. In Uttar Pradesh, elections are being held in seven phases, the third of which will be held on Sunday. Polling in Punjab will be held from 8 am to 6 pm. In Uttar Pradesh, the polling will take place between 7 am and 6 pm, according to the election authorities. The counting will take place on March 10. Campaigning for the Sunday polls had ended on Friday, with senior leaders of the parties making a final effort to woo voters. In UP, voting will be held for 59 Assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts. As many as 627 candidates are in the fray in this phase, in which over 2.15 crore people are eligible to vote.