Written by, Oct. 4 -- Rajan Pandey

With the crucial UP assembly elections less than 4 months away and election to 10 Rajya Sabha seats scheduled within a month, the Samajwadi Party supremo and ex UP CM Akhilesh Yadav exploded a bomb. Along with his uncle and senior SP leader Ramgopal Yadav, he nominated Dhanraj Nathwani as party's second candidate for the Rajya Sabha. Immediately after the news of his candidature, media and political circles across the country are abuzz with a lot of conspiracy theories about the meaning and implications of this decision. But how can the Rajya Sabha candidature by a UP based regional party be so significant?

Dhanraj Nathwani is a senior business executive with roots in Gujarat. He is the son of 4 times ...