SP candidates file nominations for Rajya Sabha elections

Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates Jaya Bachchan, Ramji Lal Suman, and Alok Ranjan, on Tuesday, filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections. SP President Akhilesh Yadav and senior leader Shivpal Yadav were present during the filing of nomination papers. Earlier, Samajwadi Party leaders including party chief Akhilesh Yadav prayed at a ‘Shaligram Shila’ from which a ‘shivling’ will be carved and installed in a temple at Etawah. The worship of the ‘Shaligram Shila’ was done in the presence of party leaders such as Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav (MP), Rajya Sabha candidate Jaya Bachchan, state president Naresh Uttam Patel, former UP Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey and chief whip in the assembly Manoj Pandey.