: Swapan Dasgupta re-nominated to Rajya Sabha after he quit Upper House to contest Bengal elections #IndiaNEWS Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who had resigned from the Rajya Sabha to contest the

Swapan Dasgupta re-nominated to Rajya Sabha after he quit Upper House to contest Bengal elections #IndiaNEWS
Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who had resigned from the Rajya Sabha to contest the West Bengal Assembly polls, has been re-nominated to the Upper House of Parliament, according to a Gazette notification issued by the Union home ministry on Tuesday.“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 re-nominate Shri Swapan Dasgupta to the Council of States to fill the seat which has fallen vacant due to his resignation for his remainder term viz., 24.04.2022,??? said the notification.Lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani was also nominated to the Upper House after a seat fell vacant due to the death of sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra.Dasgupta had resigned from the Rajya Sabha on March 16 after questions were raised about him contesting the Bengal polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket despite being a nominated MP.On March 15, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra had said that Dasgupta should be disqualified from the Upper House under the Constitution’s 10th Schedule. Pointing out the rules, Moitra tweeted that her party will submit notice to the Rajya Sabha chairperson to seek his disqualification. The Congress had also sought clarification from the Rajya Sabha chairperson.A member nominated to the...Read more

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