04-11-2007, 03:17 AM
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New Delhi: Renowned agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan and noted art historian Kapila Vatsyayan have been nominated for the Rajya Sabha. Eighty-one-year-old Swaminathan, who is known as 'Father of India's first green revolution', was till recently the Chairman of the National Commission on Farmers. As for Vatsyayan, she will return to the Upper House exactly a year after her resignation in the wake of 'office of profit' controversy. 78-year-old Vatsyayan will continue as a member of the Rajya Sabha till February 15, 2012 as she has been nominated against the 'casual vacancy' caused by her resignation..
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Congress way of honoring corrupt people and nominating them for RS.
New Delhi: Renowned agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan and noted art historian Kapila Vatsyayan have been nominated for the Rajya Sabha. Eighty-one-year-old Swaminathan, who is known as 'Father of India's first green revolution', was till recently the Chairman of the National Commission on Farmers. As for Vatsyayan, she will return to the Upper House exactly a year after her resignation in the wake of 'office of profit' controversy. 78-year-old Vatsyayan will continue as a member of the Rajya Sabha till February 15, 2012 as she has been nominated against the 'casual vacancy' caused by her resignation..
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Congress way of honoring corrupt people and nominating them for RS.