Arvind Kumar Sharma, a former IAS officer who had spent years in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s team and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, 14 January, has been named one of the party's candidates for the upcoming legislative council polls in Uttar Pradesh.
The polls for the 12 seats of UP’s legislative council are scheduled for 28 January, and the last date for filing of nominations is 18 January.