NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan administered oath in the Parliament House to the re-elected member Mallikarjun Kharge, representing the state of Karnataka. Mallikarjun Kharge took the oath in Hindi.

He also administered oath to seven newly elected/re-elected Members namely Mansingh Meraman Parmar, Tarun Chugh, Dr. Alka Singh, Jitendra Meghjibhai Kanzariya, Rajendra Hiralal Jain, M. Nagaraja and Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi.

Four Members took oath/affirmation in Hindi, one in Kannada, one in Punjabi and one in Manipuri. Two Members are from the state of Gujarat and rest, one each from Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur and Rajasthan.

Harivansh, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha; Jagat Prakash Nadda, Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha and Minister of Health and Family Welfare, and Chemicals and Fertilizers; Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs; Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Law and Justice; L. Murugan, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs; Sonia Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh, Mukul Wasnik, Dr. Syed Naseer Hussain, Members, Rajya Sabha; Priyanka Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal, Members, Lok Sabha; P. C. Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha and other senior officers of the secretariat were also present on the occasion.