TMC Nominates Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy for Rajya Sabha, Potential First Openly LGBTQ MP

The All India Trinamool Congress has nominated Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy for the Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal. Known for her role in the 2018 Supreme Court case that decriminalised consensual same-sex relations by reading down Section 377, Guruswamy could become India's first openly LGBTQ Member of Parliament if elected. She is recognised as a leading constitutional lawyer and advocate for LGBTQ rights in India.