Governor Ram Naik approved three names recommended by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav nominating them to the legislative Council on Friday thereby completing the process.
Raj Bhawan sources confirmed that the three names cleared were Rajpal Kashyap, Arvind Singh and Sanjay lathar and they were cleared under the category of social service.
The name of Rajpal Kashyap was approved after his file was returned twice by the Raj Bhawan. Sources said that Kashyap's candidature was cleared
after the CM clarified objections raised by the Raj Bhawan.
Nine vacancies were created in May last and another
one was added later. But it took one year to fill it evan as four were nominated in July, 2015 and three in April last year.
The SP government had also sent names of Kamlesh Pathak and Ranvijay Singh for the Council from the Assembly constituency after their names were rejected by the Governor. Both were given tickets for the legislative Council by the Samajwadi Party and both have filed their papers.
On April 29, the Raj Bhawan had approved the candidature of Jail minister Balwant Singh
Ramuwalia, Zahir Hassan, Wasim Barelvi and
Madhukar Jatiely in the nominated category for
legislative Council.