CM Yogi Adityanath files nomination papers as a BJP candidate from Gorakhpur Urban Assembly constituency (VIDEO)

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accompanied Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to file his nomination papers from Gorakhpur constituency.

#WATCH | Accompanied by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath files nomination papers as a BJP candidate from Gorakhpur Urban Assembly constituency pic.twitter.com/BYzpDtVmlS

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 4, 2022

Earlier in the day, Adityanath offered prayers at Gorakhnath temple, ahead of filing nomination for the state Assembly election.

ॐ नमो भगवते गोरक्षनाथाय

शिव अवतारी महायोगी गुरु श्री गोरक्षनाथ जी और अपने गुरु ब्रह्मलीन महंत अवेद्यनाथ जी महाराज के दर्शन व पूजन के उपरांत नामांकन हेतु प्रस्थान… pic.twitter.com/TZ30zykH5W

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) February 4, 2022

आज श्री @GorakhnathMndr में विधि-विधान के साथ देवाधिदेव महादेव का रुद्राभिषेक कर लोक-कल्याण एवं लोक-मंगल की कामना की।

हर-हर महादेव! pic.twitter.com/PnUWU0XOMz

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) February 4, 2022

Uttar Pradesh Polls

The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7 in seven phases. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.

In the 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP won a landslide victory winning 312 Assembly seats. The party secured a 39.67 per cent vote share in the elections for 403-member Assembly. Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 47 seats, BSP won 19 while Congress could manage to win only seven seats.