GG News Bureau
Lucknow, 10th June. Bharatiya Janata Party’s nine candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya filed their nominations for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council polls on Thursday.
They filed the nominations a day after the party announced the names of the candidates for the elections.
The nominations were filed in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union minister Swatantra Dev Singh and other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders.
The candidates who filed the nominations include Keshav Prasad Maurya, Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh, Dayashankar Mishra Dayalu, J P S Rathore, Jaswant Saini, Danish Azad Ansari, Banwari Lal Dohre, Mukesh Sharma.
The ninth candidate, Narendra Kashyap could not reach the office to file the nomination due to ill health. Satish Sharma filed the nomination on Kashyap’s behalf as today was the last day to file the nominations.
Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on June 10 and June 13 will be the last date for withdrawal of nominations. The voting, if required, will be held on June 20 between 9 am and 4 pm. The results will be announced the same day.
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