Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam was elected unopposed to the vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh in the by-election on Friday.
The authorized representative of Islam, JP Rathore was handed over the certificate of election by Special Secretary Assembly and Election Officer Brij Bhushan Dubey.
The seat was vacant after the death of expelled Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh.
A former banker, Islam is believed to have brought Jyotiraditya Scindia to the saffron party.
