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).
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.
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)
