Syed Zafar Islam will be BJP Candidate for Rajya Sabha Bypoll

New Delhi: BJP names party spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam as its candidate for Rajya Sabha bypoll to a seat from Uttar Pradesh.

Islam”s victory is all but certain due to the BJP”s overwhelming majority in the state assembly. The election has been necessitated due to the death of expelled Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh.

It is believed that Islam, a former investment banker, was involved in the party’s efforts to bring the then Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia into its fold as both enjoyed warm personal relations dating back to the time before he had joined the BJP.