<span style="color: #222222;">Notification issued for 4th Phase of Assembly elections in UP; Last day of withdrawal of names for first phase today. The process of filing of nominations for the Fourth Phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has begun with the issuance of notification today. Nominations can be filed till 3rd February and scrutiny will be undertaken on 4th February. The last date for withdrawal of candidature will be 7th February.<br />''<br />''The Fourth Phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on 23rd February in 59 Assembly Constituencies spread over nine districts including 16 ACs reserved for the Scheduled Castes. They include Pilibhit, Lakhimpur – Kheri, Sitapur, Lucknow, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Fatehpur and Banda district.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the picture of the electoral contests for the First Phase of Assembly Elections in the state will become clear this evening after withdrawal of candidature. In all, 658 nominations were found valid during scrutiny. In this phase, 58 Assembly Constituencies including nine reserved for the Scheduled Castes will go to polls on 10th February. These constituencies are from eleven districts of Shamali, Meerut, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Aligarh, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Mathura.    <br />''<br />''The Second Phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh will be conducted on 14th February in 55 Assembly Constituencies from nine districts. In addition, the Single-Phase polling in two states Goa and Uttarakhand will be held simultaneously. Forty seats in Goa and 70 seats in Uttarakhand will go to polls together in this phase. For this phase, nominations can be filed till tomorrow and scrutiny will be undertaken on Saturday, 29th January. Last date for withdrawal of name will be 31st January.<br />''<br />''Counting of votes will be taken up together on 10th March. In view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic the Election Commission has banned physical rallies and road shows till 31st of this month. Political parties have been advised to conduct their campaign through digital mode as much as possible. Maximum of ten persons are allowed for door-to-door campaign. The Commission has also allowed video vans for publicity at designated open spaces.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the electoral campaign has picked up momentum for the first two phases and the Star Campaigners and prominent leaders of various political parties are busy in door-to-door canvassing as well as virtual appeals to the voters.<br />''<br />''In Goa, activity of filing nominations has gained momentum. BJP candidate Former CM Ravi Naik filed his nomination from Ponda constituency.<br />''<br />''Sandip Nigalye filed nomination as Independent candidate from Priol constituency Sudesh Bhingi Filed Nomination as BJP candidate for Madkai constituency Surel Tilve filed Nomination as AAP candidate for Ponda constituency Mahadev Naik filed candidature as AAP candidate for Shiroda constituency.<br />''<br />''Congress candidate Yuri Alemao filed his nomination from Cuncolim Vijay Pai Khot filed his nomination as Independent from Cananacona Anand Prabhudesai filed his nomination on behalf of MGP – Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, from Curchorem Aditya Desai filed his nomination on behalf of Revolutionary Goans Party from Curchorem.<br />''<br />''In Uttarakhand, political momentum has geared up as the last date of filing of nomination 70 assembly seat is tomorrow. Major political parties have declared their candidates for the assembly elections. However, few senior leaders like Kishore Upadhyaya former party president of the state and Sarita Arya former state president of Mahila congress had joined BJP.<br />''<br />''Senior leader and cabinet minister in BJP government Harak Singh Rawat and another BJP leader Om Gopal Rawat had joined Congress.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Virtual rallies of political parties are underway. Candidates from different parties are engaged to convince the voters for them.</span>