Seven BJP candidates filed their nomination papers on Wednesday in Lucknow for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the event.
The nominees include former Union Minister RPN Singh, former MP Chaudhary Tejveer Singh, state party general secretary Amarpal Maurya, former state minister Sangeeta Balwant, party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, former MLA Sadhna Singh, and former Agra mayor Naveen Jain.
Accompanying the chief minister were state BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, and BJP UP Lok Sabha in-charge Baijyant Panda.