India, July 14 -- Well-known lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who has served as the Maharashtra government's special public prosecutor in many crucial cases, including the 26/11 terror attack and the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, is among the four personalities nominated to the Rajya Sabha on Sunday. Although perceived as a BJP man, the 72-year-old has represented more Congress-NCP governments than BJP ones in sensitive cases since 1991.

The 1991 Kalyan blast was the flamboyant public prosecutor's first major case, but it was the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai that shot him to fame. Other high-profile cases include the 2003 twin bomb blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar, the murder of music mughal Gulshan Kumar, the extradition case o...