The certificates of election were issued to nine candidates, while SP’s Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani will take on October 12.
LUCKNOW: All 10 Rajya Sabha candidates from UP, eight from BJP and two from Samajwadi Party, were declared elected unopposed on Friday, the last day of withdrawal of nomination papers. The certificates of election were issued to nine candidates, while SP’s Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani will take on October 12. The move, experts said, also created a space for leaders with organisational, social and regional credentials at a time, even as the party prepares for 2027 assembly elections.
The eight BJP candidates who will reach the upper house of Parliament include Uttar Pradesh minister Dharampal Singh, party OBC wing chief Prakash Pal, Shruti Gangwar, Vidya Sagar Sonkar, Priyanka Singh Rawat, Radhakant Ojha, Gopi Krishna Pandey and Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan. The move suggested that the party sought to look beyond continuity and use its parliamentary nominations to accommodate a fresh set of political representatives. Newly elected unopposed RS MP Prakash Pal expressed his gratitude to the top leadership. Taking a dig at Samajwadi Party, he remarked that those who boasted about securing three seats fled to Delhi. He questioned why they did not field a third candidate if—as they claimed—Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs were in contact with them.