The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate for Ghaziabad lS constituency Mukul Upadhyay filed nomination papers. Accompanied by four party MlAs of its five Assembly seats, Upadhyay reached collectorate and submitted his papers before the Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) SDM Keshav Kumar.
Mukul was also accompanied by district president Ram Prasad Pradhan and Coordinate Prem Chand Bharti. Mukul, the younger brother of former UP Power Minister Ramvir Upadhyay, has been nominated to contest Ghaziabad parliamentary seat by party chief Mayawati about a year ago and since then he is working in the city to woo the voters especially from his own community.