Former Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, who resigned from the Upper House in March to contest the West Bengal assembly elections, has been re-nominated to the House, a government notification showed.
"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 the 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., 24.02.2022," the notification, issued in the Gazette of India, said.
