Former MLA who left his seat for Yogi Adityanath among BJP's Rajya Sabha candidates from U.P.

Eleven MPs are retiring from Uttar Pradesh

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal who left his Gorakhpur Urban constituency for Yogi Adityanath to contest in the recent Assembly polls was nominated for the Rajya Sabha elections as the party named six candidates from Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.

Mr. Aggarwal had represented Gorakhpur Urban in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 2002, but made way for Chief Minister Adityanath in the recent polls.

The BJP has also fielded former State unit chief Laxmikant Vajpayee and sitting Rajya Sabha MP Surendra Singh Nagar.

Bauburam Nishad, who is currently the chairman of the U.P. Pichhrha Varg Vitt Vikas Nigam (U.P. Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation), has also been given a ticket by the party.

The BJP gave tickets to two women -- Darshana Singh and Sangeeta Yadav -- from the State.

Ms. Singh is a former state head of the party's women wing, while Ms. Yadav is a former party MLA from Chauri Chaura Assembly constituency in Gorakhpur.

In the recently concluded assembly elections, the BJP won 255 seats, while its allies Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Nishad party bagged 12 and six seats respectively.