Uttar Pradesh minister Dara Singh Chauhan as its candidate for the bypoll to a seat in the state's legislative council, months after he lost an Assembly by-election.
Chauhan, a party-hopper, was elected as an MLA from Ghosi as a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, but quit to join the BJP last year.
However, he failed to win the seat as a BJP candidate as his SP rival prevailed. Chauhan was in the BJP before joining the SP.