Dynamite News Rahul Gandhi takes oath as Lok Sabha member
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday took oath as member of the 17th Lok Sabha.
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday took oath as member of the 17th Lok Sabha.
Gandhi won the election from Wayanad in Kerala.
Congress President and MP from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha, after taking oath. Sonia Gandhi also present. pic.twitter.com/XS0D2C0Efl
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— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2019
He had also contested from the Gandhi bastion of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh but was defeated by BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani by a margin of over 55,000 votes.
Rahul took the oath in English. Minutes before taking oath, he tweeted that his fourth consecutive term as a member of the Lok Sabha begins Monday.
My 4th consecutive term as a Member of the #LokSabha begins today. Representing Wayanad, Kerala, I begin my new innings in Parliament by taking my oath this afternoon, affirming that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India ??
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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 17, 2019
"Representing Wayanad, Kerala, I begin my new innings in Parliament by taking my oath this afternoon, affirming that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India", he tweeted. (PTI)