Campaigning ends for final phase of UP Polls; Polling to be held on Mar 7

Lucknow, March 05

Campaigning for the seventh and final phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh ended this evening. Polling for 54 seats of this phase will be held on 7th March.

Poll campaign ended at 4 p.m. this evening on chakiya assembly seat of Chandauli district and robertsganj and assembly seats of Sonbhadra district. on the rest of 51 assembly seats the campaign ended at 6 p.m this evening. High voltage campaigning was witnessed at all assembly seats of this phase and perticularly on seats of Varanasi district which is the nerve centre of the grand finale.

Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with intellectual class of Varanasi today morning. and Later addressed a rally in khajuri area of Varanasi.  Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav also campaigned in Varanasi.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held a road show in varanasi today. The 54 seats going to polls in this phase are spread over Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra districts.