Lucknow, Oct. 1 -- A day after the nomination of Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhanraj Nathwani, a senior corporate executive associated with Reliance Industries, for the Rajya Sabha, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said he will announce the third candidate as soon as the party has the required numbers.

Speaking at a press conference at the SP headquarters in Lucknow, Yadav said, "Very soon we will have the required numbers; we are on it. Any such exercise needs a lot of patience as you have to speak with and convince people. Some of our people who had switched sides now want to come back because they are not satisfied with the saffron camp."

In the 2024 Rajya Sabha polls, some SP MLAs had shifted loyalties to the BJ...