Dynamite News 27 new Rajya Sabha members take oath
The Members who took oath/affirmation today include Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal. Read full story on Dynamite News
New Delhi: Out of 57 members elected to the Rajya Sabha during the recent biennial polls, 27 members on Friday took oath of allegiance to the Constitution in the presence of Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu in the chamber of Rajya Sabha.
Of these 27 members who took oath today, 18 are from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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The newly elected or re-elected Members who took oath/affirmation today include Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal. Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Vivek K Tankha and Mukul Wasnik also took oath as members.
BJP leaders Surendra Nagar, K Laxman, Laxmikant Vajpayee and Kalpana Saini, Baburam Nishad elected from Uttar Pradesh, Dhananjay Madhu from Maharashtra and Ghanshyam Tiwari from Rajasthan took oath today.
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Rashtriya Lok Dal (RJD) leader Jayant Chaudhary, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Sulata Deo and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader R Dharmar were also administered oath as Rajya Sabha MPs. (with Agency inputs)