The transition the old and the new in the Rajya Sabha

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Outgoing Rajya Sabha members from the nominated category
(These were the United Progressive Alliance govt's choices)

Mrinal Miri
Educationist and former Vice Chancellor, North Eastern Hill University (Assam)

Bhalchandra Mungekar
Dalit economist and Member of the Planning Commission (Maharashtra)

B Jayashree
Veteran Indian theatre actor, director and singer, who has also acted in films and television programmes (Karnataka)

Javed Akhtar
Film script writer, poet and Urdu litterateur (Uttar Pradesh)

Mani Shankar Aiyar
Former Union Cabinet minister for Panchayati Raj, and a member of the Congress (Tamil Nadu)

H K Dua
Former editor and former Ambassador to Denmark (Punjab)

A K Ganguly
Noted industry expert and former chairman of Hindustan Lever (West Bengal)*

To be replaced by
(These are the National Democratic Alliance govt's choices)

Subramanian Swamy
Political activist who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (Tamil Nadu)

Navjot Singh Sidhu
Cricketer and former MP from Amritsar (Punjab)

Suresh Gopi
Malayalam actor (Kerala)

Swapan Dasgupta
Journalist and columnist (West Bengal)

Mary Kom
Olympian pugilist (Manipur)

Narendra Jadhav
Dalit economist and former member of UPA govt's National Advisory Council (Maharashtra)

*Decision on one more nomination is yet to be taken