India, Oct. 5 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced eight nominees for the upcoming biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh that will be held on October 16.

The list drops all sitting MPs, including union ministers Hardeep puri and BL Verma, who have not secured a renomination.

Two women - former MP Priyanka Singh Rawat and Shruti Gangwar - have featured on the list. Dharampal Singh, an OBC leader who is the animal husbandry minister in chief minister Yogi Adityanath's cabinet, is also on the list.

The other names on the list include Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pande and Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan. Ojha is the bar council head in Prayagraj.

1. Dharampal Singh

2. Radhak...