Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal who left his Gorakhpur Urban constituency for Yogi Adityanath to contest within the current Assembly polls was nominated for the Rajya Sabha elections because the get together named six candidates from Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
Mr. Aggarwal had represented Gorakhpur Urban within the Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 2002, however made method for Chief Minister Adityanath within the current polls.
The BJP has additionally fielded former State unit chief Laxmikant Vajpayee and sitting Rajya Sabha MP Surendra Singh Nagar.
Bauburam Nishad, who’s presently the chairman of the U.P. Pichhrha Varg Vitt Vikas Nigam (U.P. Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation), has additionally been given a ticket by the get together.
The BJP gave tickets to 2 ladies — Darshana Singh and Sangeeta Yadav — from the State.
Ms. Singh is a former state head of the get together’s ladies wing, whereas Ms. Yadav is a former get together MLA from Chauri Chaura Assembly constituency in Gorakhpur.
In the just lately concluded meeting elections, the BJP gained 255 seats, whereas its allies Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Nishad get together bagged 12 and 6 seats respectively.
The Samajwadi Party gained 111 seats whereas its ally, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, bagged eight. The SBSP, one other ally of the Samajwadi Party, acquired six seats. The Congress gained two seats and the BSP one.
With 273 MLAs within the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, the ruling BJP-led NDA will simply have the ability to get eight members elected to the Upper House of Parliament, whereas the SP and its allies (RLD and SBSP), with a energy of 125 legislators, will have the ability to make sure the victory of three candidates.
Uttar Pradesh sends 31 members to Rajya Sabha.
Among the 11 retiring MPs from the State, 5 are from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three from the SP, two from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and one from the Congress.
The 5 retiring Rajya Sabha MPs of the BJP are Zafar Islam, Shiv Pratap Shukla, Sanjay Seth, Surendra Nagar and Jai Prakash Nishad.
The SP leaders finishing their phrases embrace former Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council chairman Sukhram Singh Yadav, whose son Mohit has joined the BJP.
Besides Sukhram Singh Yadav, the tenure of Reoti Raman Singh and Vishambhar Prasad Nishad may even finish in July.
The BSP MPs whose time period is coming to an finish are Satish Chandra Misra and Ashok Siddharth.
The time period of Kapil Sibal of the Congress can be ending in July.
According to the Election Commission of India, the final date for submitting of nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls is May 31.
Scrutiny of nominations shall be carried out on June 1, whereas the final date for withdrawal of candidature is June 3.
Polling shall be held on June 10, and it is going to be held from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Counting shall be held on June 10.
Source: www.thehindu.com
