Sonia Gandhi Begins Her Rajya Sabha Innings As Rajasthan MP (image-X/INCIndia)
On Thursday, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi took the oath as Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan in the presence of Leader of the House Piyush Goyal, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, secretary general PC Mody, and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh.
Filling the seat left vacant after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh completed his tenure on April 3, Sonia Gandhi was sworn in as the Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan. Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar administered the oath in the Parliament House building.
मैं सोनिया गांधी,
जो राज्यसभा की सदस्य निर्वाचित हुई हूं। सत्य, निष्ठा से प्रतिज्ञा करती हूं कि मैं विधि द्वारा स्थापित भारत के संविधान के प्रति सच्ची श्रद्धा व निष्ठा रखूंगी।
मैं भारत की प्रभुता व अखंडता को अक्षुण्ण रखूंगी तथा जिस पद को मैं ग्रहण करने वाली हूं, उसके कर्तव्यों… pic.twitter.com/Y3txnaLm6O
— Congress (@INCIndia) April 4, 2024
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to wish the newly appointed RS member on her journey. He wrote, “My best wishes to the Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, as she begins her new innings, by taking oath in the Rajya Sabha, today. Her courageous resilience and dignified grace, in the wake of adversity and upheaval, shall continue to guide our parliamentary strategy. She has completed 25 years serving the Lok Sabha, and now my fellow members and I await her presence in the Upper House. I wish her a fruitful tenure ahead.”
My best wishes to the Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, Smt. Sonia Gandhi as she begins her new innings, by taking oath in the Rajya Sabha, today.
Her courageous resilience and dignified grace, in the wake of adversity and upheaval, shall continue to guide our… pic.twitter.com/ReMunHsCbq
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) April 4, 2024
Apart from the former Congress President, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav was sworn in as an MP from the state of Odisha.
Among the 14 other political leaders, Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Syed Naseer Hussain from Karnataka, BJP member Samik Bhattacharya from West Bengal, and the BJP”s RPN Singh from Uttar Pradesh also took oaths as members of the upper house.
YSRCP leaders Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy, Meda Raghunadha Reddy, and Golla Baburao, and BRS leader Ravi Chandra Vaddiraju, also took oaths as members representing Andhra Pradesh.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders Subhashish Khuntia and Debashish Samantaray representing Odisha, Sanjay Kumar Jha of Janata Dal (United) from Bihar, and BJP’s Madan Rathore took oath as Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan.
