Of the 2.5 lakh-odd candidates who applied for these jobs, those selected include the then UP Speaker’s PRO and his brother; a minister’s nephew; son of the Legislative Council secretariat in-charge and four relatives of the Legislative Assembly secretariat in-charge.
Pandey (81), the veteran Brahmin leader, is seven-term MLA from Itwa in Sidharthanagar district. He has also served as Speaker of the Assembly for two terms.
The Winter Session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly will begin on Monday during which the state government will present its supplementary budget for 2022-23
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath greets Leader of Opposition and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav in the Legislative Assembly during oath-taking of newly elected legislators on March 28.
While Yogi Adityanath won the recent state polls from the Gorakhpur Urban seat, Akhilesh Yadav was elected as an MLA from the Karhal assembly constituency.
The early trends from the most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, brought in a big surprise in the form of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which poses a tough challenge for the Samajwadi Party (SP).