The Samajwadi Party has released a list of 159 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Some of the prominent names in the list include Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who will contest from Karhal assembly constituency in Mainpuri district, Azam Khan from Rampur assembly seat, Abdullah Azam Khan from Suar and Shivpal Singh Yadav from Jaswantnagar assembly constituency in Etawah district.<br />''<br />''The BJP has fielded Ajay Pratap Singh from Thakurdwara assembly constituency of Moradabad district in the upcoming elections.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Congress has released second list of 11 candidates for Uttarakhand Assembly elections. The Party has fielded former Chief Minister Harish Rawat from Ramnagar. Congress has given ticket to former Minister Harak Singh Rawat's daughter-in-law Anukriti Gusain Rawat from Lansdowne.<br />''<br />''Congress has announced its 30-star campaigners for the first phase of assembly elections in the state. The names include party chief Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel among others.<br />''<br />''The National People's Party (NPP) has released the list of its 20 candidates for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Manipur. The list consists of three sitting MLAs- Y.Joykumar, L. Jayentakumar and N.Kayisii. In the last assembly elections, NPP got four seats and the party formed alliance with BJP to form the Coalition government. Letpao Haokip who was elected from Chandel assembly constituency on NPP ticket joined BJP recently.<br />''<br />''Speaking exclusively to AIR News, Chairman of Election Management Committee of NPP Manipur, Y. Joykumar said, NPP has decided to field 40 candidates in the upcoming polls in the State. The remaining names will be announced in two phases later.<br />''<br />''In Uttarakhand, a total of 36 candidates from different parties including  Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress Party, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, Aam Aadmi Party filed their nomination papers for the state assembly elections, yesterday.<br />''<br />''Umesh Sharma Kau from Raipur constituency, Savita Kapoor from Dehradun Cantt from the BJP,  INC's Sanjeev Arya from Naitial, Sumit Hridyesh from Haldwani, AAP's Dimple Singh from Rajpur constituency, Prashand Rai from Ranipur, BSP's Hem Bhatt from Ramnagar filed their nomination papers yesterday.<br />''<br />''In the second phase, polling will be held on 14th of February in 70 assembly constituencies of 13 districts of the state. These districts are Dehradun, Haridwar, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Pauri Garhwal, Almora, Nainital, Pithoragarh, US Nagar, Bageshwar and Champawat. The Election Commission has provided the facility of filing nominations online due to rise in Covid19 cases in the state. This has facilitated the candidates to a great extent.<br />''<br />''<br />