President Kovind nominates farmer leader Ram Shakal, Raghunath Mohapatra, 2 others for Rajya Sabha

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New Delhi, Jul 14 (ANI): President of India Ram Nath Kovind announced four nominations to the Rajya Sabha on Saturday. The announcement was in pipeline and was much anticipated. The nominated persons are: farmer leader Ram Shakal, RSS ideologue and author-columnist Rakesh Sinha, Padma Vibhushan sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra and classical dancer Sonal Mansingh. The seats had been lying vacant after the retirement of seat holders: former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, veteran actress Rekha, social activist Anu Aga and veteran lawyer K Parasaran in April.