Tag: Rajya Sabha Members

Others who took oath are Vivek K. Tankha, K. Laxman, Laxmikant Vajpayee, Kalpana Saini, Sulata Deo and R. Dharmar. Fourteen of the 57 members were re-elected to the House.

Bhubaneswar: With notification for election already published, BJD which holds the majority with 118 MLAs in the 147 Odisha Assembly is likely to field its candidates for the three vacant posts of Rajya Sabha soon. The party’s strength will go upto 119 MLAs after Rita Sahu, who was recently elected from Bijepur, takes oath as […]

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday morning took oath as Rajya Sabha members. Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath of office to Shah and Irani, who were elected to the Upper House from Gujarat earlier this month. This is Shah’s first Rajya Sabha stint […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi, here on Saturday, asserted that his party’s 52 newly elected Lok Sabha members would work like a “pride of lions” to protect the Constitution and institutions. “The Congress may have just 52 Lok Sabha members, but we will work together like a pride of brave hearted lions to protect […]