Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) All 13 candidates in the UP Legislative Council poll were on Thursday declared elected unopposed.
The BJP had put up seven candidates and allotted the remaining three seats of its quota to its three allies – the Apna Dal-Sonelal, the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, and the Rashtriya Lok Dal.
Three Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates had also filed their nominations for 13 vacancies.
As the number of seats equalled the number of nominations, all 13 candidates were declared elected unopposed on Thursday.
“All 13 candidates have been declared elected unopposed,” said Brij Bhushan Dubey, the returning officer for the Legislative Council polls.
The BJP members who have been elected to the upper house include former ministers Mahendra Singh and Ashok Kataria, state BJP Vice Presidents Vijay Bahadur Pathak, and Mohit Beniwal, former Jhansi Mayor Ram Tirath Singhal, Dharmendra Singh and Santosh Singh.
The BJP allies elected are Ashish Patel of the Apna Dal-S, Yogesh Chaudhary of the RLD, and Vichhelal Rajbhar of the SBSP.
The Samajwadi Party candidates who have been elected include senior party leader Balram Yadav, former MLA Shah Alam aka Guddu Jamali, and Kiranpal Kashyap.
–IANS
amita/vd
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by TodayIndia.news and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of TodayIndia.news We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, TodayIndia.news takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
