Amid talks to resolve the Samajwadi Party feud, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is also national president of one faction, declared three candidates for the Graduate-Teacher constituencies of Vidhan Parishad.
State SP president (Akhilesh faction) Naresh Uttam declared the candidates through a written statement issued in lucknow on Tuesday. Interestingly, the notification of this election was issued only on Tuesday.
Ramvir Singh Yadav will contest from Kanpur-Unnao Teachers constituency, Ashok Singh Rathore from Allkahabad-Jhansi Teahers constituency and Renu Mishra from Bareilly-Moradabad Graduate constituency.
Meanwhile, Governor Ram Naik has suggested to the Election Commission to declare the result of these Teacher-Graduate constituencies on or after March 11. He said that if the results were declared earlier, it could influence the Assembly results of that area. The notification of this election for Upper House of the state legislature was issued on January 10. As per schedule, polling will be held on February 3 and the results will be announced on February 6 after counting the same day.