<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh, scrutiny of nomination papers for the Second Phase of the Assembly polls is underway today. A total of 794 candidates have filed the nomination papers for the second phase. The last date of withdrawal of the candidature is 31st January.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that In the second phase, the polling will be held on 14th February in 55 assembly constituencies spread across nine districts- Saharanpur, Bijnor, Amroha, Sambhal, Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Badaun and Shahjahanpur. The process of filing nominations for the Third and the Fourth Phase is also underway. The polling will be held on fifty nine Assembly Constituencies each in these phases on 20th and 23rd of February. Meanwhile, the election campaigning is in full swing. Senior BJP leader Amit Shah addressed a party function in Muzaffarnagar today. The party's national president Jagat Prakash Nadda held a door-to-door campaign in Bareilly. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary also addressed a joint press conference in Ghaziabad.  An ally of Samajwadi Party, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party has released a list of fifteen star campaigners for the upcoming Assembly polls. Meanwhile, various voter awareness drives are being carried out in the state. In one such novel initiative, the district administration of Shamli is writing postcards to all divyang voters, inviting them to cast their franchise on the polling day.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile in Uttarakhand, 750 candidates have filed nomination papers for Assembly elections. Scrutiny of nominations will be done today. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami of BJP has filed his nomination from Khatima seat in Udham Singh Nagar district, while Congress leader former chief Minister Harish Rawat has filed papers from Lalkuan seat in Nainital district.<br />''<br />''The elections to the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly will be held on February 14. The counting of votes will be taken up on March 10.</span><br />