Lucknow, Sept. 30 -- The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday announced its authorised candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh, naming senior leader Ram Gopal Yadav and industrialist-sports administrator Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani. The pair filed their nomination papers at 11 am on Wednesday in the presence of party national president Akhilesh Yadav.

The announcement marks Nathwani as the party's second pick for the Upper House. Ten Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh are scheduled to go to polls on October 16, with the nomination process underway. The Samajwadi Party, with its strength in the state assembly, is positioning itself to secure representation in the Upper House of Parliament.

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