Guwahati: Independent candidate and veteran journalist of Assam Ajit Kumar Bhuyan is among the 15 newly-elected members who took oath in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
The monsoon session of Parliament started yesterday and Fifteen persons from various states, who have been elected to the Rajya Sabha (RS), took oath on Monday when the Upper House reconvened for business after five months for an 18-day uninterrupted monsoon session of Parliament amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak.
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On the opening day of the session that would conclude on October 1, tributes were paid to former President Pranab Mukherjee and 17 other former Members of Parliament (MPs) and to renowned classical singer Pandit Jasraj who passed away earlier this year.
Ajit Kumar Bhuyan, Independent; Phulo Devi Netam, Congress; Shibu Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM); MV Shreyams Kumar, Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD); Fauzia Khan, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP); Wanweiroy Kharlukhi, Nationalist People’s Party (NPP); NR Elango (DMK); AP Selvarasu (DMK), T Siva (DMK), K Keshava Rao, Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS); KR Suresh Reddy (TRS); Syed Zafar Islam (BJP); Jai Prakash Nishad (BJP); Arpita Ghosh, Trinamool Congress (TMC); and Dinesh Trivedi (TMC) took oath as RS MPs on Monday.
