New Delhi: Within the biennial elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, 13 candidates, together with ten from the ruling NDA and three from the Samajwadi Get together, have been elected unopposed.
This election marked the formation of a pacesetter of opposition within the council, because the Samajwadi Get together now meets the requirement of getting at the least ten members within the 100-member council to carry this place, reported information company PTI.
Notably, the BSP, with its lone member Bhim Rao Ambedkar retiring, can have no illustration within the Higher Home, because the Mayawati-led celebration selected to not subject a candidate.
The elected candidates have been additionally offered certificates, Particular Secretary to the UP Vidhan Sabha B B Dubey informed PTI.
The elected candidates have been offered certificates by the Particular Secretary to the UP Vidhan Sabha, B B Dubey. Among the many elected members are former ministers Mahendra Singh and Ashok Katariya, Vijay Bahadur Pathak (state BJP vice-president), Santosh Singh, Mohit Beniwal, Ram Tirath Singhal (former mayor of Jhansi) and Dharmendra Singh.
Mahendra Singh, Ashok Katariya, and Vijay Bahadur Pathak have been re-elected for the second time period.
Aside from these, three candidates of the NDA companions — Ashish Patel of Apna Dal (Sonelal), Yogesh Chaudhary of Rashtriya Lok Dal, and Vichhelal of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Get together (SBSP) — have been additionally declared elected, the PTI report added.
SP candidates embrace senior celebration chief Balram Yadav, former MLA Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali and Kiranpal Kashyap.
The time period of 13 members of the council is coming to an finish on Might 5 this 12 months.
After the time period of the newly elected members begins, the celebration place within the Higher Home will probably be BJP-79, SP-10, Apna Dal (Sonelal)-1, NISHAD party-1, SBSP-1, RLD-1, Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)-1, Lecturers-1, Unbiased groups-2, and Unbiased-2, the PTI report added.
One seat is vacant after former SP chief Swami Prasad Maurya resigned.
With the addition of those newly elected members, the celebration distribution within the Higher Home will see the BJP holding the bulk, adopted by different events and unbiased candidates.