SP candidates win 8 MLC seats unopposed

Samawadi Party candidates today won eight out of 36 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council unopposed on the last date of withdrawal nominations.
Party candidates Anand Bhadauria from Sitapur, Sunil Singh Sajan from Lucknow-Unnoa, Udayveer Singh from Etah-Mainpuri, Dileep Yadav from Agra-Firozabad, Arvind Yadav from Etah-Mathura-Mainpuri, Rakesh Yadav from Meerut-Ghaziabad, Akshay Pratap Singh from Pratapgarh and ramesh Mishra from Banda-Hamirpur have won unopposed, party spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury claimed.
As there was not candidate left in the fray on the last date of withdrawal, all these candidates were declared elected, he claimed.
The elections for remaining 28 seats would be held on Mar 3.

"This is a big success for the party, which is following development agenda. People of the state have understood that only SP could develop the state," Chowdhury added.