Swapan Dasgupta

BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta and three others took oath as members of the upper house in the presence of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday.

Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta has been renominated to the Upper House of Parliament by the government

With this round of elections, the poll to the legislative Assembly of Assam will have concluded

The Rajya Sabha accepted the resignation of nominated member Swapan Dasgupta on Wednesday

This comes after Dasgupta was named as a BJP candidate in the West Bengal assembly elections

With the Modi government having completed nearly eight months of its second term, speculation is rife regarding the first major reshuffle of the Cabinet and the council of ministers

Dasgupta was invited to speak on "The CAA-2019: Understanding and Interpretation" as a part of the Visva Bharati Lecture Series at the Lipika Auditorium of Santiniketan.

In the statement, they appealed to every section of the society "to exercise restraint and refuse to fall into the trap of propaganda, communalism and anarchism"

He said that one should maintain a 'basic attitude' of 'no disdain for National Anthem or song'