Jaya Bachchan, Bhupendra Yadav, 10 others take Rajya Sabha oath
What's the story
Actor-turned-Parliamentarian Jaya Bachchan and BJP's Bhupendra Yadav were among a dozen newly elected or re-elected members of the Rajya Sabha who took the oath of office on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, 41 out of the 58 members elected or re-elected to the Upper House in elections last month had taken oath yesterday, 12 members did so today.
Here are more details.
No oath
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not take oath even today
However, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not take the oath even today. His term as an MP from Gujarat ended on April 2 and he has been re-elected to the Upper House from Uttar Pradesh this time.
Jaitley wasn't even present in the House.
Prominent among those who took oath today included Jaya Bachchan, who was re-elected on Samajwadi Party's ticket from Uttar Pradesh.
Oath
Who all took oath today?
All three BJD MPs from Odisha, Prashanta Nanda, Achyutananda Samanta, and Soumya Patnaik, took oath in Odia.
TRS MPs elected from Telengana, Prakash Banda, Joginapally Kumar, and Lingamaiah Yadav, took oath in Telugu.
BJP's Bhupendra Yadav, Kirodi Meena, and Madanlan Saini, who were elected from Rajasthan, took oath in Hindi.
Congress's GC Chandrasekhar and L Hanumanthaiah, who were elected from Karanataka also took oath.