<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, the filing of nominations for the second phase of assembly elections ended today. Scrutiny will be  taken up on Friday. Thursday (17 November) was also the last day for the withdrawal of candidatures for the first phase of assembly polls. <br />''<br />''In this phase, voting will be held on 89 seats out of 182 Assembly seats, on the 1st of December. Nine hundred and ninety nine candidates are contesting. In Gujarat, filing of nominations for the second phase of assembly elections ended today. Scrutiny will be held tomorrow. Voting in the second phase of Assembly will be held on the 5th of  December.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that campaigning is gaining momentum in the state. The ruling BJP will launch aggressive campaigning from tomorrow. Party State President CR Patil told media senior party leaders, former ministers of the party including 36 central leaders will carry out aggressive campaigning in 82 assembly seats from Friday.<br />''<br />''The BJP leaders will address rallies and also undertake door to door campaigns in the coming three days to reach out to voters. Meanwhile, Congress star campaigner Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh joined the political campaigning of the party on Thursday. Mr singh critizised the Gujarat model while addressing a press conference in Ahmedabad.</span>