Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan administered oath/affirmation today in Rajya Sabha Chamber to nineteen newly elected/ re-elected Members namely Shri Ramdas Bandu Athawale, Shrimati Maya Chintaman Ivnate, Shri Sharadchandra Pawar, Shri Ramrao Sakharam Wadkute, Dr. Jyoti Nagnath Waghmare, Shri Christopher Manickam, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, Shri Constandine Ravindran, Shri L. K. Sudhish, Dr. M. Thambidurai, Shri Tiruchi Siva, Shri Babul Supriya Baral, Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Shri Rajeev Kumar, Ms. Rukmini Mallik, Shri Biswajit Sinha, Shri Santrupt Mishra, Shri Dilip Kumar Ray and Shri Manmohan Samal. Three Members took oath in Marathi, two in Hindi, six in Tamil, one in English, four in Bengali and three in Odia. Five Members are from the state of Maharashtra, six from Tamil Nadu, five from West Bengal and three from Odisha.
Shri Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs; Shri Jual Oram, Minister of Tribal Affairs; Shri P. C. Mody, Secretary General of Rajya Sabha and other senior officials of the secretariat were also present on the occasion.