Narendra Jadhav, member of erstwhile National Advisory Council (NAC) topped by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, was today chosen by the Modi government to Rajya Sabha beside with BJP leaders Subramanian Swamy and Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi, journalist Swapan Dasgupta and boxer Mary Kom were also nominated as the new Rajya Sabha members.

President Pranab Mukherjee nominated the six personalities from dissimilar fields to the House of Elders subsequent a suggestion of the Narendra Modi government, a Home Ministry.

He said, “a formal notification regarding their nomination to the Upper House would be issued shortly”.

The President suggests the names of the nominated members drawn from fields such as literature, science, sports, art and social service on the advice of the government.

62-year-old Jadhav, an economist, was a member of Sonia Gandhi-led NAC through the UPA term from 2010 to 2014.