The decision to nominate old-timer leaders and introduce fresh educated minority faces with a focus on North Bengal's backward class is a key aspect of the TMC's Rajya Sabha nominations.
Apart from Jaishankar, two other MPs set to retire from Rajya Sabha from the state include Dinesh Anavadiya and Jugalsinh Lokhandwala. Six MPs from West Bengal and one from Goa are also set to retire from Rajya Sabha in this lot
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Opposition parties have alleged that the government has withdrawn certain facilities that had been accorded to the suspended MPs to facilitate their protest in Parliament premises. India News | Facilities Provided for Suspended MPs at Protest Site Withdrawn, Alleges Opposition.
A day after TMC MPs protested in front of India Gate for knocking down of the hologram statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Netaji's kin Chandra Kumar Bose said that laying of a foundation stone would have been better than the hologram statue.