New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 5.30 pm. ELN7 POLLS-PB-AAP-SIDHU Sidhu calls AAP"s drive to select CM face "scam", urges poll panel to lodge criminal case Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday dubbed AAP’s survey to select its CM face for the state Assembly polls a "scam" and "a deceptive scheme" and said his party has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against it. ELX2 POLLS-PB-FAMILIES Punjab Assembly polls: Family members pitch in for contestants Chandigarh: Fifteen-year-old Aekom Warring may be too young for politics but not for canvassing and is busy making a connect with voters in her father Amarinder Singh Raja Warring"s Gidderbaha Assembly constituency in Punjab. ELX10 POLLS-UP-AAP CANDIDATE-SUICIDE BID AAP candidate tries self-immolation over rejection of his poll nomination papers Muzaffarnagar: AAP candidate Joginder Singh for Miranpur assembly seat allegedly poured kerosene oil over his clothes to immolate himself before the district collectorate office here on Monday over the rejection of his poll nomination paper by the returning officer, police said. ELX9 POLLS-UP-TIKAIT UP polls: Tikait cautions farmers against attempts to "polarise" society Aligarh (UP): Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has warned farmers from attempts to "polarise" society and divert their attention by vested interests who will rake up "Hindu-Muslim" issues. DES14 UP-SEER-CM No saint can be CM: Seer on Yogi Adityanath Prayagraj: A saint cannot be a chief minister as after taking the oath of secularism as a constitutional dignitary, he cannot stay "religious", a prominent seer said here on Monday, in an apparent reference to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. ELN4 POLLS-UP-AYODHYA-PRIEST Good that Adityanth didn’t contest from Ayodhya: Ram temple chief priest Ayodhya (UP): The chief priest of the Ram temple here on Monday said it is good that Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath is not contesting the state Assembly polls from this seat as he would have faced a lot of opposition. ELX5 POLLS-UP-CONG "Priyanka effect," says Cong as BJP highlights women leaders in UP campaign Lucknow: With the BJP taking to the streets with a team of women leaders, at least three of whom joined the saffron party in recent times, the Congress on Monday termed it “Priyanka effect” and a “face-saving exercise” for the government. DEL23 PM-UP-DEVELOPMENT UP has set benchmark of development in every field in last 5 years: PM Modi New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Uttar Pradesh has set a benchmark of development in every field in the last five years and asserted that the multi-dimensional development of the state will continue to play a leading role in "new India". ELX1 POLLS-UP-BJP CANDIDATE UP polls: BJP Miranpur nominee booked for inflammatory speech, violating EC guidelines Muzaffarnagar: The BJP"s Miranpur candidate for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls has been booked for allegedly giving an inflammatory speech at an election meeting and violating EC guidelines on physical campaigning, police said on Monday. ELN6 POLLS-UKD-KEY CONTESTS Khatima, Srinagar among several seats to see keen contest in U"khand Dehradun: With both Congress and BJP announcing their candidates for a majority of seats for the February 14 polls in Uttarakhand, the stage is set for an interesting contest in several constituencies, including Khatima where Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is contesting. PTI RDK RDK