LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday filed his nomination papers for the state legislative council. Yadav, a member of parliament, needs to get elected to either of the two legislative houses in the state within six months of becoming chief minister.
The legislative council polls are slated to be held later this month.
Other than the 38-year-old chief minister, Rajendra Chowdhary (state spokesman of the Samajwadi Party), and Bahujan Samaj Party's Vijay Kumar, Thakur Jaiveer Singh and Sunil Kumar Chittod also filed nominations for the MLC seats.
An MP from Kannauj, Akhilesh filed his nomination along with SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary, for the biennial election of the council to be held at the end of this month.
Besides, three candidates of BSP-- Thakur Jaiveer Singh, Vijay Pratap and Sunil Kumar-- also filed their nominations, they said.
Elections are being held for 13 seats of which SP can win eight, BSP three and one each by BJP and Congress-RLD alliance.
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