New Delhi: BJP fields former IAS officer AK Sharma in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections. Sharma joined BJP in Lucknow yesterday within the presence of state social gathering chief Swantantra Dev Singh and Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma.
“I come from a backward village of Mau district in Uttar Pradesh. I was working on the post of a secretary and don’t have any political background. To bring a person like me into the party, only PM Narendra Modi and BJP can do it,” Sharma instructed reporters right here. Sharma, who assumed the cost as Secretary within the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in April final yr, took voluntary retirement from service not too long ago forward of his scheduled superannuation in July 2022.
Sources stated that BJP is more likely to nominate the previous IAS officer as its candidate for Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. Elections are being held on 12 seats and the final date for submitting of nominations is January 18.
The 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre had labored within the Gujarat Government and as Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout his tenure because the Chief Minister of Gujarat. He additionally served as further secretary within the Prime Minister Office (PMO).
