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UP governor returns list of Vidhan Parishad nominees
Ghaziabad, May 26
Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram
Naik on Tuesday said he had sent back for re-examination the list of
persons to be nominated for the upper house Vidhan Parishad sent by the
government for his approval.
"I have asked the government to
submit the contribution of the nominated persons in their respective
fields like art, culture, literature, social work and cooperatives. I
have further asked the government to seek the report from the police
whether the nominated person had been involved in any criminal case," he
said.
"It is not turning down the government list; it is the
re-examination of the record of the person who is going to be nominated
to the upper house since the upper house is meant for persons who
maintain outstanding contribution in fields like art, culture, social
work and cooperative movement and had no spare time for active politics
and their services would benefit the state through their representing
the upper house in the state," added the governor while talking to media
persons here.
The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh
had on Monday sent a list of nine Samajwadi Party leaders to the
governor to fill the vacancies in the upper house of the UP legislature.
The nominees include Jitendra Yadav from Ghaziabad, who is a
history-sheeter of Kavi Nagar police station.
It is believed
that to escape police scrutiny, Jitendra Yadav was being shown a
resident of Bulandshahr from where he had contested the last assembly
election on a Congress ticket.
The governor was here to attend a
religious function at Rishbhanchal on Tuesday. He presented awards to
the persons selected by the religious body of Jain disciples, called
Rishbhanchal, at their annual function.