Kochi, July 14 -- Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and retired school teacher C Sadanandan Master, who lost both his legs in Kannur district in 1994 as part of political violence, was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President of India Droupadi Murmu.

Sadanandan, along with lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, and historian Meenakshi Jain, were chosen to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of nominated members in the Upper House. The nominated members are selected for their contributions in the fields of literature, science, art and social service.

Following the gazette notification's release, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a post on social platform X, congratulated Sadanandan and term...