Mumbai, May 18 -- Seven Members of Parliament (MPs) from Maharashtra have been selected for the Sansad Ratna 2025 award.

The seven MPs are Supriya Sule (NCP-SP), Arvind Sawant (UBT), Narendra Mhaske (Shiv Sena), Smita Wagh (BJP), Medha Kulkarni (BJP), Prof Varsha Gaikwad (Congress) and Sriranga Barne (Shiv Sena) . Along with this, some more MPs have been selected for the Sansad Ratna Award from different political parties.

These awards have been selected by a jury committee headed by the Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes, Hansraj Ahir.

Inspired by the educational work of former President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, this award was announced in 2010. This award was started to honor and glorify the work of members wh...