New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) The BJP on Wednesday nominated party spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, necessitated by sitting member Amar Singh's death.

The election for this seat has been necessitated due to the death of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh. It may be recalled that the 64-year-old former Samajwadi Party leader had died on August 1 due to kidney-related ailments at a hospital in Singapore.