Election Commission of India (ECI) announced schedule for by-elections to three assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. The by-polls to Charkhari, Pharendra and Rasra assembly segments would be held on April 11, as the sitting members were disqualified for different reasons recently. According to an official communiqué released on Tuesday evening, the nominations for the by-polls will start from March 17 and March 24 will be the last date for filing of the nominations. Scrutiny of the nomination papers would be done onMarch 25 while candidates can withdraw their nominations till March 27. The polling will be held on April 11 while the counting of votes would be taken up on April 15. Samajwadi Party MlA Kaptan Singh Rajput had lost his membership after being convicted in a murder case from Charkhari assembly seat in Mahoba district of Bundelkhand region. Two other legislators - Uma Shanker Singh of BSP from Rasra assembly seat in Ballia district and Bajrang Bahadur of BJP from Pharenda assembly segement in Maharajganj district - too, were disqualified from their membership after being held guilty in lokayukta probe on charges of continuing as contractors even after elected to the State Assembly.