Lucknow, Jan 18 (Reporter) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dara Singh Chauhan on Thursday filed his nomination paper for byelection to one seat of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC). Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak and BJP state president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary were present on the occasion. It may be noted that the seat for which by-poll is being held felt vacant following resignation of former Deputy CM Dr Dinesh Sharma after he was elected to the Rajya Sabha. The election for the vacant legislative council seat was initially scheduled for January 29. However, after the announcement of a public holiday on January 22 due to the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, the Election Commission issued a revised election schedule on Monday. Now, the by-election will take place on January 30. The withdrawal of names will occur on January 23 instead of January 22. Dr Sharma's term for the MLC seat is until January 30, 2027. It may be noted that Chauhan was the cabinet minister in the first tenure of Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister. Ahead of the 2022 UP assembly election, he resigned from the cabinet and primary membership of BJP and joined Samajwadi Party (SP). In the 2022 assembly elections, he contested the polls as SP candidate from Ghosi seat in Mau district and was elected as MLA. In July last year he resigned from the membership of the Legislative Assembly and the SP and came back to BJP's fold. In September, Chauhan contested by-poll for Ghosi seat as BJP candidate, but lost to Sudhakar Singh of SP by a margin of more than 40,000 votes. Since his re-induction in BJP speculation is rife that he could be made a minister in the state government following reshuffle in the Yogi's cabinet, which is yet to be confirmed...////...