At current, there are 15 BJP Rajya Sabha members 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 about to win, given his occasion’s overwhelming majority within the Meeting.
The by-election is scheduled to be held on August 24.
The ballot was necessitated following the demise of Samajwadi Social gathering 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 file his nomination papers. Thursday can also be the final date for submitting nominations,” Election Officer Brij Bhushan Dubey instructed PTI.
He stated scrutiny of nomination papers shall be carried out on August 14, whereas August 17 is the final date for withdrawal of candidature. Polling, if vital, shall be held on August 24 from 9 am to four pm. Counting of votes will even be held on the identical day, Dubey stated.
Mr Nishad’s victory is a foregone conclusion, going by the overwhelming majority the BJP enjoys within the 403-member Meeting.
Nishad is a former Bahujan Samaj Social gathering (BSP) MLA who joined the BJP a couple of years in the past.
At current, the BJP has 306 MLAs, adopted by the Samajwadi Social gathering 48.
The BSP has 18 MLAs, whereas Apna Dal (Sonelal), an ally of the BJP, has 9 MLAs.
The Congress has seven MLAs and the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Social gathering has 4. There are three Unbiased MLAs within the Home. Rashtriya Lok Dal and Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Apna Dal has one MLA every within the Meeting.
The ballot was necessitated following the demise of Samajwadi Social gathering MP Beni Prasad Verma. His tenure was until July four, 2022.
In line with the Rajya Sabha web site, two of the 31 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh are vacant.
At current, there are 15 BJP Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh, adopted by eight of the Samajwadi Social gathering, 4 of the Bahujan Samaj Social gathering and two from the Congress.
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