UP CM Yogi Adityanath and two deputy CMs elected unopposed in council polls
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his two deputies and a minister were today declared elected unopposed to the Legislative Council.
No other candidate was in the fray for the bypolls to the five vacant seats in the upper house.
Adityanath, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma and minister Swatantradev Singh had filed their nominations papers for the by-election on Tuesday.
The four were declared elected unopposed, Principal Secretary (Vidhan Sabha), Padeeep Dueby, who is also the returning officer, said.
Meanwhile, the nomination papers of another minister Mohsin Raza were found valid on scrutiny today, he said.
Opposition parties did not field any candidate for the by-election to these five seats.
The chief minister had filed his nominations on...