Lucknow: All seven candidates of Bharatiya Janata Party filed nominations for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats on Monday. Additionally, the three candidates from allied parties also filed their nomination papers. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was present during the filing of nominations by the candidates.
Prominent among those who filed nominations for the Legislative Council were BJP candidates Vijay Bahadur Pathak, Dr. Mahendra Kumar Singh, Ashok Kataria, Mohit Beniwal, Dharmendra Singh, Ramtirath Singhal, and Santosh Singh. Ashish Patel from Apna Dal (S) also filed his nomination. It is noteworthy that Ashish Patel is a minister in the Yogi government. Furthermore, Vichhelal Rajbhar filed his nomination from SBSP (Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party), and Yogesh Chaudhary from RLD.
Bharatiya Janata Party State President Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak, Yogi government ministers Suresh Khanna, Rakesh Sachan, Ashish Patel, Omprakash Rajbhar, Anil Kumar, JPS Rathore, Arun Kumar Saxena, Baldev Singh Aulakh, etc. were present during the filing of nominations by the NDA candidates.
