Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy was on Monday elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from the State of West Bengal.

Guruswamy was fielded by the Trinamool Congress Party and was elected unopposed.

Following her win, Guruswamy has become the country's first openly queer Member of Parliament.

Besides Guruswamy, TMC candidates Babul Supriyo, Rajeev Kumar, and Koel Mallick and BJP candidate Rahul Sinha were also elected to the Rajya Sabha on March 9.

All of them were elected unopposed.

Pertinently, Guruswamy recently appeared for the TMC in proceedings challenging the Enforcement Directorate’s searches at the premises of I-PAC.