The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released the list of its seven candidates for the Legislative Council election in Uttar Pradesh. Senior BJP leader Vijay Bahadur Pathak, former Minister Mahendra Kumar Singh, Mohit Beniwal, Ashok Katariya, Dharmendra Singh, Ramtirath Singhal, and Santosh Singh have been nominated by the party to contest the election. The last date for the filing of nominations is on March 11.
The council elections are scheduled on March 21 for the 13 Legislative Council seats in the State. Out of the 13 members whose term ends on May 5, ten are from the BJP, while the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, and the Apna Dal (Sonelal) have a member each. The BJP repeated Vijay Bahadur Pathak, Mahendra Kumar Singh, and Ashok Katariya for the Council seats while four leaders: Mohit Beniwal, Dharmendra Singh, Ramtirath Singh, and Santosh Singh have been nominated for the first time to the Council.
“Our party always gives preference to workers. All the workers have been nominated for the Council seats. The leaders have worked in the party’s organisation for a long time and remain office bearers holding key posts,” U.P. BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi told The Hindu.
