Former Samajwadi Party MPs—cine star Jaya Bachchan and Amir Alam Khan—are all set to be elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh as their nomination papers were found in order.
Principal secretary (assembly) and returning officer for the election Rajendra Prasad Pandey, during the scrutiny of the nomination papers on Tuesday, found them in order.
"As only two candidates are in the fray against the same number of seats, both would be declared elected unopposed on June 8 after 3 pm when the time for withdrawal of nomination expires," Mr Pandey said.
On the last day of filing nomination, on Monday, no other candidate filed their papers leaving only the SP nominees in fray.
This would be Ms Bachchan's second entry to the RS after 2004. She had to resign the seat in March following the raging office of profit controversy. Mr Khan will make his maiden entry in the upper house.
The main opposition BJP and Congress had already expressed their unwillingness to contest the two RS seats.
{{/usCountry}}The main opposition BJP and Congress had already expressed their unwillingness to contest the two RS seats.
{{/usCountry}}BSP was not keen to fight the bypolls as the winning candidate was to be decided by majority vote seperately for the two seats.
State BJP president Keshri Nath Tripathi had told UNI that since the winners would be decided separately by majority vote of the assembly, the party was not interested in contesting the bypolls.
"Even a joint-opposition candidate will not be able to win as the SP-led coalition has the majority in the house."
Congress legislature party leader Pramod Tiwari had already announced the party would not contest the RS bypolls.