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October 04, 2016 18:00
Draupadi of Mahabharat, nominated to Rajya Sabha

Actor and BJP leader Roopa Ganguly has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha. She had played the role of the mythological character Draupadi in the hit television series Mahabharat.

President Pranab Mukherjee nominated Ganguly, who had unsuccessfully contested the West Bengal Assembly elections this year on BJP ticket, to the seat vacated by cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned recently following differences with the BJP leadership.

Ganguly said that, “I want to work for the development of my country and will perform all my responsibilities with utmost sincerity.”  

The government had also nominated Pranav Pandya, head of All World Gayatri Pariwar, as Rajya Sabha member in May but he declined it.

- Nandini

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