Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has intensified its strategic preparations for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. In this series, the party has officially announced the names of 8 new candidates for Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. After the release of this new list, it has become clear that this time the party has not fielded the eight sitting MPs including Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, whose tenure is about to complete. In this new list of BJP, an excellent mix of caste equations, regional balance and organizational experience is being seen, which is being considered very important from the upcoming political point of view. Names of 8 new Rajya Sabha candidates announced by BJP. In this new list released by Bharatiya Janata Party for Uttar Pradesh, the party has given opportunity to many grassroots and senior leaders. The 8 new faces who have been made candidates for Rajya Sabha include the following names: Dharampal Singh (cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh government and belongs to the Lodhi community) Radhakant Ojha (senior party leader) Prakash Pal (senior BJP leader and president of Uttar Pradesh OBC Morcha, from Pal community) Vidyasagar Sonkar (senior BJP leader from Jaunpur and prominent face of the Dalit community) Priyanka Singh Rawat (former Lok Sabha MP from Barabanki) Ram Pratap Singh. Chauhan (senior organizational leader of the party and general secretary of UP BJP) Gopi Krishna Pandey (active leader associated with the organization) Shruti Gangwar (youth and active leader) In this equation released by the party, place has been given specifically to 3 OBC candidates, 2 Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates and 3 general category candidates, in which full care has also been taken of women representation by including two women leaders. Rajya Sabha tenure of these stalwarts is coming to an end. With this new announcement of BJP, many big and central level names are included among the eight current MPs whose Rajya Sabha tenure is coming to an end. Among these, the names of Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Arun Singh, Seema Dwivedi, BL Verma, Neeraj Shekhar, Brijlal and Geeta Shakya are prominent. Apart from this, the name of Dinesh Sharma, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, was also in the list of MPs who have stepped down, as he is currently holding the responsibility of Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Political analysts believe that this step of BJP, just before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to be held in the year 2027, is part of a very well thought out strategy. By giving opportunity to new faces, the party has given a message to the workers working within the organization that loyalty and hard work is fully respected. In the coming days, it is considered almost certain that all these candidates will reach the Upper House of the Parliament either unopposed or elected through the electoral process.