LUCKNOW, Oct. 5 -- The Samajwadi Party (SP) is gearing up to field a third candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh, party MLA Ravidas Mehrotra said on Monday, setting the stage for a keen contest as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named eight nominees.

Mehrotra said the party's third nominee will file papers at the Vidhan Bhavan on Tuesday, the final day for filing nominations for the October 16 election

Signatures of 10 MLAs were obtained on Monday to serve as proposers, and Mehrotra said he too has signed as a proposer.

The name of the candidate will be announced soon, he added.

So far, the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP has so far named two candidates, party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav, who is seeking a si...