HS Puri files nomination for Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Jan 3: Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development Hardeep Singh Puri filed nomination for the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Mr Puri submitted the nomination form to Assembly principal secretary and returning officer Pradeep Dubey. 
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, UP BJP president Mahendra Pandey and other senior party leaders accompanied him to the Vidhan Bhawan.
Election to the Rajya Sabha was necessitated after former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar resigned and became Chief Minister of Goa. The term of this seat ends in November, 2020.
Mr Puri is a 1974-batch Indian Foreign Service Officer who served as permanent representative of India to United Nations from 2009 to 2013 and chairman of United Nations Security Counter-Terrorism Committee.  UNI