"We hope all three candidates of Samajwadi Party will win...BJP can use all the tactics to win elections. BJP will do everything possible for victory. Some of our leaders who want personal gains can go to the BJP..." said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
The entry of multi-millionaire real estate baron, D Kupendra Reddy, a Janata Dal (Secular)-BJP candidate has turned the elections to the fourth seat into a keen contest.
As per the numbers in the Legislative Assembly the BJP is guaranteed to win 7 seats while the SP should win 3 seats. But there are reports that several MLAs could cross vote. The BJP appears confident of pushing through all 8 of its candidates.
"Many people did not come. Maybe they are busy with their work...'Bikau logo ko janta kabhi maaf nahin karegi (The public will not forgive the people)'...If they have taken any money the people will hit them with shoes..." said Samajwadi Party leader Zahid Baig
"As the dates for Rajya Sabha polls are released and BJP has also announced its candidates, Congress is doing things that normally should not be done. The whip is not issued in the Rajya Sabha, this is a clear point from the Election Commission," Thakur said speaking to ANI on Monday.
A day before the voting for the Rajya Sabha polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to hold a meeting with leaders of parties in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on Monday evening.
All the four candidates of BJP which include Union Minister L Murugan, Maya Naroliya, Bansilal Gurjar and Umesh Nath Maharaj from the state filed their nomination in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, state BJP chief VD Sharma and former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
BJP's Uttarakhand state president Mahendra Bhatt files his nomination for Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and other party leaders in Dehradun.
"I am an ordinary party worker. I didn't know I was being nominated. I did not expect that I would be nominated for the Rajya Sabha. I have been in the BJP for the past 25-30 years. I want to work in the areas of medical education and research," he said.