Seven BJP candidates on Wednesday filed their nomination papers in Lucknow in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
Those who filed the nominations included 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.
Besides the chief minister, state BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and BJP UP Lok Sabha in-charge Baijyant Panda were also present on the occasion.
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