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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma and former IAS officer AK Sharma were among 10 BJP candidates who filed their nomination for the biennial polls to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on Monday.
Besides them, an independent candidate, Mahesh Chandra Sharma, also filed his nomination for the coming elections, Returning Officer, BB Dubey said.
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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma and former IAS officer AK Sharma were among 10 BJP candidates who filed their nomination for the biennial polls to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on Monday.
Besides them, an independent candidate, Mahesh Chandra Sharma, also filed his nomination for the coming elections, Returning Officer, BB Dubey said.
Monday is the last day for the filing of nominations for 12 legislative council seats, which will fall vacant on January 30.
The scrutiny of papers will be held on January 19 and names can be withdrawn till January 21.
The polling is scheduled to take place on January 28 and the counting will be done an hour after the completion of the polls.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and senior ministers were present during the filing of nominations.
Those who filed their nominations include state unit BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Kunwar Manvendra Singh, Govind Narayan Shukla, Salil Bishnoi, Ashwani Tyagi, Dharamveer Prajapati and Surendra Chaudhary.