Ex-minister booked under SC/ST Act files papers for council polls

Agra | Monday | 16th April, 2018

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He quit the party in July last year and joined BJP after resigning from his legislative council seat. Monday was the last day for filing of nomination.BJP has fielded four turncoats — Jaiveer Singh, Yashwant Singh, Sarojini Agarwal and Bukkal Nawab, who had defected from SP — for the council polls . Agra: Senior BJP leader and UP’s former minister Jaiveer Singh, who was recently booked under SC/ST Act for allegedly using abusive language and casteist slurs against a panchayat member in Aligarh, on Monday filed his nomination papers for the upcoming legislative council elections in the state. The polls are scheduled to be held on April 26. Two seats are vacant..