Swapan Dasgupta Restored To Rajya Sabha After Bengal Poll Defeat

The government made the re-nomination today in what the Congress said was a "first".

Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who quit his Rajya Sabha seat to contest in the Bengal assembly polls as part of the BJP and lost, was renominated today to the seat he vacated. The government made the re-nomination today in what the Congress said was a "first". I think this is the FIRST time since the Rajya Sabha came into being in 1952 that such a thing has happened. https://t.co/7Hgfzqycat A Home Ministry notification this evening read: "In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 80 of the Constitution of India, read with clause (3) of that article, the President is pleased to renominate Shri Swapan Dasgupta to the Council of States to fill the seat which has fallen vacant due to his resignation for his reminder term viz - 24-04-2022". The President nominates renowned personalities to the Upper House on the advice of the government. The nominated members are drawn from fields such as literature, science, sports, art and social service.