Eight New Rajya Sabha MPs Take Oath in Parliament

Eight newly elected members of the Rajya Sabha, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP leader Tarun Chugh, took oath as members of the Upper House on Monday.

Vice President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, administered the oath to Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Member of the Rajya Sabha (re-elected) from Karnataka at Parliament House today. pic.twitter.com/Buu6iZ1J7G

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Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office to the newly elected members. While Kharge was sworn in separately in the Chairman's chamber, the remaining seven members took their oath in the Rajya Sabha chamber.

The newly inducted members are:
Mallikarjun Kharge
Tarun Chugh
Jitendra Meghjibhai Kanzariya (Gujarat)
Mansingh Meraman Parmar (Gujarat)
M Nagaraja (Karnataka)
Rajendra Hiralal Jain (Maharashtra)
Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi (Manipur)
Alka Singh (Rajasthan)
Kharge took the oath in Hindi while holding a copy of the Constitution. Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were present during the ceremony.

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Leader of the House J P Nadda, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, and Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal also attended the oath-taking proceedings.

Chairman C P Radhakrishnan congratulated the newly sworn-in members and welcomed them to the Upper House, marking the beginning of their new tenure in Parliament.