Vice President of India and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar at the moment (April 4) administered oaths to 14 newly elected members of the esteemed Upper House of Parliament, comprising Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
Sonia Gandhi took the oath as Rajya Sabha MP for the primary time from Rajasthan, filling the seat that may fall vacant after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accomplished his tenure on April 3. This got here just a few days earlier than the following Lok Sabha elections which are scheduled to happen in seven phases, ranging from April 19.
She took oath in the presence of Leader of the House Piyush Goyal and Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge. Her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, and secretary normal PC Mody had been additionally current. Sonia Gandhi had earlier been a member of the Lok Sabha having represented Rae Bareli in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019. This time round she selected to be elected from the higher home as a consequence of her well being.
In the halls of the Parliament House, the momentous event unfolded with Dhankhar presiding over the solemn ceremony of administering the oath to those newly elected Rajya Sabha members. Amidst an environment charged with anticipation and dignity, a distinguished roster of people stepped ahead to pledge their dedication to serve the nation with integrity and dedication.
Who had been administered oath?
Among those that had been administered the oath had been Golla Baburao, Meda Raghunadha Reddy, Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Syed Naseer Hussain and Ajay Maken.
Amidst the array of latest faces, seasoned politicians such as Madan Rathore, Ravi Chandra Vaddiraju, and Kunwar Ratanjeet Pratap Narayan Singh imparted a way of continuity and expertise to the proceedings. Notable among them was Ashwini Vaishnaw, who at present holds the Railways and the IT Portfolio in the federal government.
Vaishnaw was elected to the higher home from Odisha with the help of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Completing the record of newly elected members had been Subhashish Khuntia, Debashish Samantaray, and Samik Bhattacharya, every representing the variety and dynamism of the Indian polity.
The BJP lead NDA has 121 members in the higher home, whereas the I.N.D.I.A bloc events have 91 members.
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