P.T. Usha, Ilaiyaraaja, V. Vijayendra Prasad, and Veerendra Hegde nominated to Rajya Sabha:
The central government announced yesterday, the nominations of four members to Rajya Sabha , the upper house of the parliament. Former Olympic track and field athlete P.T. Usha, music legend Ilayaraaja, noted screenwriter Viswa Vijayendra Prasad, and eminent philanthropist Veerendra Hegde were nominated to Rajya Sabha.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the dignitaries for being nominated to the upper house of the parliament via Twitter.
