New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- Polling will be held on Monday in all 288 Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra and the 90 Assembly seats of Haryana as the ruling BJP, a good five-months after its win in the Lok Sabha elections, is looking for a second consecutive terms in both the States.

While abrogation of Article 370 and anti-Pakistan rant has been the main poll planks of the BJP, the Opposition claimed that economic slowdown, unemployment and general anti-incumbency could work in their favour.

Bypolls will also be held to 51 Assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 States. Eleven of these bypolls would be in Uttar Pradesh where poll results would be seen as a litmus test for the Yogi Adityanath Government which has c...