Rahul Gandhi, the Member of Parliament (MP) of Wayanad and the former President of the Indian National Congress (INC,) on the 17th of June, took oath as a Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha.
Virendra Kumar, the Protem Speaker of the Lok Sabha, administered the oath of office to the newly elected MPs of the Lok Sabha.
A total of 542 MPs, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP,) the INC, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS,) the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP,) the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and other parties, were present on the first day of the Lok Sabha session.
Rahul Gandhi contested the Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad and Amethi. Although he lost in Amethi against Smriti Irani, he became the MP of Wayanad, Kerala.
Apart from Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Gautam Gambhir, Rajnath Singh, Sonia Gandhi and others administered the oath as the MPs of the Lok Sabha.
Took oath as MP of North Goa constituency in the 17th Lok Sabha #LokSabha #Parliament pic.twitter.com/Kd1KLRMvSw
— Shripad Y. Naik (@shripadynaik) June 17, 2019
Prime Minister @narendramodi takes oath as a member of 17th #LokSabha.#Parliament pic.twitter.com/pQKj4sXHe2
— Doordarshan National (@DDNational) June 17, 2019
My 4th consecutive term as a Member of the #LokSabha begins today. Representing Wayanad, Kerala, I begin my new innings in Parliament by taking my oath this afternoon, affirming that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India 🇮🇳
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 17, 2019
The 17th Lok Sabha session started from the 17th of June and will continue till the 26th of July.
Stay tuned for further updates.
