The Election Commission on Wednesday introduced that polling for 12 Legislative Council Member (MLC) seats in Uttar Pradesh can be held on January 28.
The time period of 12 MLCs, together with Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh and state BJP vice-president Laxman Prasad Acharya, is coming to an finish on January 30.
According to a press release issued by the workplace of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh, the nomination course of for these seats will begin from January 11, which is able to proceed until January 18. The scrutiny of nominations can be held on January 19 and the final date of withdrawal of candidature can be January 21. Voting for these 12 seats can be held from 9 am to 4 pm on January 28, and the counting of votes will begin on the identical day at 5 pm, and all the course of can be accomplished by January 29.
The seat of former BSP chief Nasimuddin Siddiqui has change into vacant after he acquired disqualified following his swap to the Congress. The phrases of Dharmavir Ashok and Pradip Jatav of the BSP, and Ahmed Hasan, Ashu Malik, Ramesh Yadav, Ram Jatan Rajbhar, Virendra Singh and Sahib Singh Saini of the Samajwadi Party may even finish on January 30.
Earlier, the Election Commission additionally issued Covid associated pointers to be adopted throughout all the election course of. This embody carrying masks throughout each election-related exercise, thermal scanning and use of sanitizer on the entry of halls, and sustaining social distancing norm. The state Chief Secretary has additionally been directed to depute a senior officer from the state to make sure that the extant directions concerning the Covid containment measures are complied with whereas making preparations for conducting the election.
