<span style="color: #222222;">In Kerala, with just a week to go for the assembly polls, all the major political fronts have intensified their campaigning. More national leaders are arriving in the state in the coming days.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Palakkad is gearing up to receive the Prime Minister who is coming for the NDA election campaign tomorrow. The Prime Minister will also visit Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram on April 2nd.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Union ministers Amit Shah and Giriraj Singh and BJP National President J P Nadda are also campaigning in the state for the NDA.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi will arrive in Kerala tomorrow for the UDF election campaign. She will attend election meetings in Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Thrissur districts. Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit Kerala on the 3rd and 4th of April.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">CPI (M) national leaders Sitaram Yechury, Prakash Karat and Vrinda Karat are camping in Kerala for the LDF campaign. NCP leader Praful Patel is also in the fray for the LDF campaign. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan visited Kannur today as part of his state wide election campaigning tour.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the polling facility being provided for those over 80 years of age, people with disabilities, COVID patients and those under quarantine will end tomorrow. Postal voting for those in the essential services category will also end tomorrow at 5 p.m.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the Chief Electoral Officer Teekaram Meena said that the campaigning for the Assembly elections should end on April 4 at 7 pm. The campaign is scheduled to end at 6 pm in Naxalite-affected areas in nine constituencies. The Chief Electoral Officer instructed that nobody should hold public meetings, demonstrations, politically motivated art events, or political campaigns in the media after the end of the time stipulated for poll campaigning. Violators may face up to two years in prison, a fine or both. The Chief Electoral Officer also said that political advertisements intended to be published in the print media during this period would require the prior approval of the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee of the Election Commission.</span>