Bypolls in two LS seats after MPs' deaths

Two Lok Sabha members, Rashtriya Janata Dals Mohammed Taslimuddin and BJP's Mahant Chand Nath passed away on Sunday. Both had been ailing.

Chand Nath was the MP from Rajasthans Alwar, while Mohammad Taslimuddin from Araria in Bihar. Both seats would now need bypolls. Elections also need to be held on Ajmer Lok Sabha seat after the sitting BJP member Sanwar Lal Jat passed away in August.


Elections are also due in Uttar Pradeshs Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats after sitting members, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, have been elected to the states legislative council. Chand Nath, 61, was the head priest of the Mast Nath temple in Alwar. He was suffering from throat cancer.

-- Business Standard