The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched the candidates’ checklist for the biennial election to the Vidhan Parishad from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The saffron social gathering has introduced Dr Pradeep Verma from Jharkhand as its candidate for Rajya Sabha biennial elections.
From Bihar, the social gathering has fielded Mangal Pandey, Dr Lal Mohan Gupta and Anamika Singh for Vidhan Parishad.
From Uttar Pradesh, the social gathering has fielded Vijay Bahadur Pathak, Dr Mahendra Kumar Singh, Ashok Katariya, Mohit Beniwal, Dharmedra Singh, Ramtirath Singhal, and Santosh Singh.
The tenure of 13 MLCs in UP will finish on May 5. BJP with its allies can have 10 MLCs and SP might have three.