UP Assembly Elections 2022: Amit Shah is likely to visit UP to meet western UP candidates tomorrow

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit Meerut on Friday to hold meetings for the UP candidates' list which is recently been declared by BJP. The reports are also coming that the home minister is also expected to meet Jaat leaders from the state. 

The list includes more than 60% of the names announced for Uttar Pradesh elections are OBC and SC in BJP’s first list. Of the 48 candidates in the first list, 10 are women.
The party also released the list of candidates and the districts from where they will contest the elections, 
1) Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur
2) Kesav Prasad Maurya from Sirathu in Prayagraj district
3) Sapna Kashyap from  Charthawal
4) Mriganka Singh from  Kairana 
5) Atul Garg from Ghaziabad

The BJP also announced that Out of the 107 candidates announced, there are 21 new faces in the party. 

Meanwhile, the Election Commission of India announced the voting dates for the Assembly polls of Uttar Pradesh. The UP will hold elections in  7 phases to elect 403 members of the Legislative Assembly in the state. The seven-phase election in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7.