BJP leaders Subramanian Swamy and Navjot Singh Sidhu as well as Narendra Jadhav,Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi, journalist Swapan Dasgupta and boxer Mary Kom were on Friday nominated by the NDA government to Rajya Sabha.
President Pranab Mukherjee nominated the six personalities from different fields to the House of Elders following a recommendation of the union government.
The President recommends the names of the nominated members drawn from fields such as literature, science, sports, art and social service – on the advice of the government.