BJP’s Jai Prakash Nishad Files Nomination For Rajya Sabha Bypolls In UP
At the moment, there are 15 BJP Rajya Sabha individuals from Uttar Pradesh.
Lucknow:
BJP candidate Jai Prakash Nishad on Thursday filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha by-election from Uttar Pradesh and is ready to win, given his celebration’s vast majority within the Meeting.
The by-election is scheduled to be hung on August 24.
The ballot used to be necessitated following the loss of life of Samajwadi Celebration MP Beni Prasad Verma.
“Jai Prakash Nishad has filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha bypoll. Until now, he’s the one candidate to record his nomination papers. Thursday may be the final date for submitting nominations,” Election Officer Brij Bhushan Dubey informed PTI.
He mentioned scrutiny of nomination papers shall be achieved on August 14, whilst August 17 is the final date for withdrawal of candidature. Polling, if essential, shall be hung on August 24 from nine am to four pm. Counting of votes can also be held at the identical day, Dubey mentioned.
Mr Nishad’s victory is a foregone conclusion, going by means of the vast majority the BJP enjoys within the 403-member Meeting.
Nishad is a former Bahujan Samaj Celebration (BSP) MLA who joined the BJP a couple of years in the past.
At the moment, the BJP has 306 MLAs, adopted by means of the Samajwadi Celebration 48.
The BSP has 18 MLAs, whilst Apna Dal (Sonelal), an best friend of the BJP, has 9 MLAs.
The Congress has seven MLAs and the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Celebration has 4. There are 3 Unbiased MLAs within the Space. Rashtriya Lok Dal and Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Apna Dal has one MLA each and every within the Meeting.
The ballot used to be necessitated following the loss of life of Samajwadi Celebration MP Beni Prasad Verma. His tenure used to be until July four, 2022.
Consistent with the Rajya Sabha web site, two of the 31 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh are vacant.
At the moment, there are 15 BJP Rajya Sabha individuals from Uttar Pradesh, adopted by means of 8 of the Samajwadi Celebration, 4 of the Bahujan Samaj Celebration and two from the Congress.
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