Samajwadi Party candidates Professor Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani filed their nomination papers in Lucknow for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh.
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav accompanied the two candidates during the submission of papers.
Polling for 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to be held on 16th. of October. The last date for filing of nominations is 6th of October.
After filing his nomination papers Dhanraj, 40, took to X to thank the SP chief for nominating him as the party candidate for the Upper House of Parliament.
He described his entry into the Rajya Sabha as a new phase of his public life and thanked everyone who showed faith and trust in him.
His father, Parimal Nathwani, is director of corporate affairs at RIL. He has worked closely with both Dhirubhai Ambani and Mukesh Ambani.
He is also a fourth-term Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, supported by the NDA camp.
Nathwani senior’s first two terms as an independent MP were also from Jharkhand, but he shifted to Andhra Pradesh in 2020 and was sent to the Upper House by the YSR Congress.