Political campaign intensifies for other phases of state elections, with PM Narendra Modi set to address voters in Uttar Pradesh, after a rally in Punjab's Pathankot. Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra offered prayers to Saint Ravidas on his birth anniversary, with Yogi Adityanath also expected to visit the temple in Varanasi. Meanwhile, the AAP
According to the Committee Against Assault on Journalists' report, a total of 138 cases of persecution of journalists were registered in Uttar Pradesh from the time the CM took oath in 2017 and February 2022.