Trinamool nominates advocate Menaka Guruswamy, 3 others to Rajya Sabha

The Trinamool Congress on Friday nominated advocate Menaka Guruswamy, former West Bengal Police chief Rajeev Kumar, state minister Babul Supriyo and actress Koel Mallick for the Rajya Sabha elections.

The polls will take place on March 16. The nominees are expected to be elected as the Trinamool Congress, based on the composition of the Assembly, is likely to win unopposed four out of the five seats for which polls have been announced.

Guruswamy and her partner Arundhati Katju had argued against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code in the Supreme Court. In 2018, the court struck down the section and decriminalised homosexual activity between consenting adults.