13 candidates file papers for UP legislative council polls, set to get elected unopposed
June 09, 2022 23:28
The stage is set for a no-contest election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council with 13 candidates filing their nominations by the Thursday deadline for the same number of seats.
While nine of the candidates are from the BJP, the remaining are from the Samajwadi Party, and they are set to be elected unopposed.
Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be held on Friday and the last day to withdraw the nominations is June 13 after which a formal announcement will be made, returning officer BB Dubey said.
Prominent among those who filed their papers are deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and former minister Swami Prasad Maurya who quit the BJP just before the assembly elections and joined the SP.
The other BJP candidates who filed their nomination papers on Thursday are Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh, Dayashankar Mishra Dayalu, JPS Rathore, Jaswant Saini, Danish Azad Ansari, Banwari Lal Dohre and Mukesh Sharma.
Another candidate Narendra Kashyap was down due to ill-health and Satish Sharma filed the nomination on his behalf, Dubey said.
Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath and the party's state president Swatnatra Dev Singh among others were present during the filing of the nominations.
The tenures of Keshav Prasad Maurya and Panchayati Raj Minister Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh as members of the Legislative Council will end on July 6. -- PTI
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