Arvind Kumar Sharma joined BJP on Thursday, days after he opted for voluntary retirement.
New Delhi:
Former IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma was named BJP candidate for the legislative council polls in Uttar Pradesh, a day after he joined the party, days after he opted for voluntary retirement from the service. Elections to 12 Legislative Council seats will take place on January 28.
Mr Sharma who has spent years in Prime Minister Narendra Modi s team and is among his most-trusted aides had surprised many after he applied for voluntary retirement this week, two years before his term was to end.
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Sharma had joined the BJP on Thursday (January 14), days after he opted for voluntary retirement from the IAS.
Sharma has also served in key positions in the PMO after Modi became prime minister in 2014.
The BJP also named Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, its state president Swatantra Dev Sing and Lakshman Prasad Acharya as its candidates for the polls.
New Delhi: Former IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma, considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Friday (January 15) named BJP s candidate for the upcoming legislative council polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Sharma had joined the BJP on Thursday (January 14), days after he opted for voluntary retirement from the IAS.
Former IAS officer A K Sharma is BJP’s MLC candidate in UP
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Updated: Friday, January 15, 2021, 17:00 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 15: Former IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma, considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Friday named BJP s candidate for the upcoming legislative council polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Sharma had joined the BJP on Thursday, days after he opted for voluntary retirement from the IAS.
There is a strong possibility that Sharma after his election as a legislator will be given a key position in the state government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, sources have said.
A Gujarat cadre officer hailing from Uttar Pradesh, Sharma had long been one of the trusted bureaucrats of Modi since his tenure as Gujarat chief minister.
Polling for 12 legislative council seats in Uttar Pradesh to be held on 28 Jan, says Election Commission Nominations can be filed till 18 January, scrutiny of nominations will be held on 19 January, and withdrawal of names can be done till 21 January Representational Image
Lucknow: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced that polling for 12 legislative council seats in Uttar Pradesh will be held on 28 January.
In the 100-member UP Legislative Council, the Samajwadi Party has 55 MLCs, BJP has 25 MLCs, BSP has eight MLCs, Congress and Nirdaliye Samooh have two MLCs each and Apna Dal (S) and Shikshak Dal have one MLC each.