Adityanath to contest MLC bypoll in UP

New Delhi Aug 30 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and two Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma will contest the forthcoming bypolls to the state legislative council the BJP announced on Wednesday.

The BJP said that Adityanath along with his four ministerial colleagues will fight the bypolls.

The other two ministers who will fight the bypolls are Swantatra Dev Singh and Mohsin Raza.

Like his predecessors Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati Adityanath will also become a member of the state Legislative Council.

Adityanath who was sworn in as Chief Minister of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh on March 19 is a member of the Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur.

Maurya who is Deputy Chief Minister is a Lok Sabha member from Phoolpur.

--IANS
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