Lucknow, Oct. 10 -- All 10 Rajya Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh-eight from the Bharatiya Janata Party and two from the Samajwadi Party-were declared elected unopposed on Friday, an official said. Returning officer Ajit Kumar Verma said, "All the 10 candidates, who were in the fray for the Rajya Sabha, have been declared elected. Friday (October 9) was the last date for the withdrawal of nominations." The eight BJP candidates declared elected include Dharampal Singh, Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pandey, Priyanka Singh Rawat, Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan and Shruti Gangwar. The two SP candidates elected to Rajya Sabha are Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani. "Except Samajwadi Party candidate Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani, the rest have collected their certificates. Representatives of Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav and BJP candidate Radhakant Ojha have collected the certificates on their behalf," Verma said. Nathwani is likely to collect his certificate on October 12, a person familiar with the matter said. htc...