Lucknow, March 11 -- As many as 10 BJP-led NDA candidates on Monday filed nominations for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh MLC elections in Uttar Pradesh.

The elections to the state's legislative council are scheduled to be held on March 21.

The MLC candidates filed nominations in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Cheif Minister Yogi Adityanath, state Deputy CM Brijesh Pathak, Uttar Pradesh BJP President Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar and several other leaders.

Among those who filed nominations for the March 21 polls were BJP candidates Vijay Bahadur Pathak, Dr Mahendra Kumar Singh, Ashok Kataria, Mohit Beniwal, Dharmendra Singh, Ramtirath Singhal, and Santosh Singh.

Ashish Patel from Apna Dal (S), a minist...