Lucknow, April 4 (). Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-Chancellor Tariq Mansoor and Ram Mandir Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Mishra’s son Saket Mishra have been nominated as members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
According to a notification issued late on Monday night by Chandrashekhar, Special Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh, the governor has nominated six people as MLCs on eight vacant posts.
The other four names include Ambedkar Mahasabha president Lalji Prasad Nirmal, former BJP Braj region unit chief Rajnikant Maheshwari, BJP’s Varanasi district unit chief Hansraj Vishwakarma and Azamgarh’s Ramsurat Rajbhar.
Significantly, the Governor can nominate a maximum of 10 members to the Upper House.
Sources in the BJP and the Chief Minister’s Office said that Saket Mishra is an investment banker, policy contributor and advisor to the Purvanchal Development Board. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and St. Stephen’s College.
Currently, in the 100-member Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, the BJP has 74 members, while the main opposition Samajwadi Party has nine members.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Apna Dal (Sonelal), Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (Nishad), Jansatta Dal Loktantrik and Shikshak Dal (non-political) have one member each.
The independent group and independents have two members each. Eight seats were vacant, of which six have been filled.
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