Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on April 4, 2024, took oath as Rajya Sabha member. This is her first stint in the upper house. She was elected from Rajasthan, on a seat that fell vacant after 91-year-old former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh completed his tenure on April 3rd.
Thirteen other members were sworn in along with Ms. Gandhi, including the one-time Gandhi loyalist and former union minister R.P.N. Singh, who is now with the BJP. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Syed Naseer Hussain from Karnataka, BJP member Samik Bhattacharya from West Bengal, YSRCP leaders Gola Babu Rao, Medha Raghunath Reddy, and Yerum Venkat Subba Reddy also took oath. The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in the new Parliament.
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April 04, 2024
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