BJP candidates file nominations for UP Rajya Sabha polls, all 10 seats likely to go uncontested

Lucknow, Oct 6 (UNI) Eight BJP candidates filed their nominations for the biennial Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha elections here on Tuesday in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and UP BJP President and union Minister Pankaj Chaudhary. However, it is now certain that candidates for all 10 Rajya Sabha seats will be elected unopposed. Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhananjay Parimal Nathwani from the Samajwadi Party had already filed their nominations. Now, a total of 11 candidates have filed nominations, but one Independent candidate filed without any proposer, whose papers will be rejected during scrutiny. Tuesday is the last day…