LUCKNOW, Sept. 29 -- The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday chose continuity in its parliamentary ranks, finalising veteran leader Ram Gopal Yadav's nomination for a sixth Rajya Sabha term while keeping its other two candidates under wraps. The 80-year-old party general secretary, who first entered the Upper House in 1992 and has remained a key parliamentary strategist for the SP, is scheduled to file his nomination on Wednesday in the presence of party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

SP MLAs gathered at the party office on Tuesday and signed as proposers on Yadav's nomination papers after a meeting of legislators. The party is fielding three candidates for the biennial elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh, with polling scheduled for ...