Newly-elected members of the Lok Sabha continued to take oath on the second day today. Members from Rajasthan, Sikkim, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and other states took the oath.
Notable among them are BJP’s Om Birla, Rajyavardhan Rathore and Sunny Deol; Congress' Karti Chidambaram and Manish Tewari; DMK leaders A Raja and Kanimozhi; Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav; and Asaduddin Owaisi of AIMIM.
The members took oath in English, Hindi as well as regional languages including Tamil, Telegu, Punjabi, Nepali and Oriya. Pro-tem speaker Dr Virendra Kumar administered the oath. The oath-taking is underway.
Yesterday, Prime Minister and Leader of the House Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and several other Union Ministers and members took oath during the first session of newly elected 17th Lok Sabha.
(AIR NEWS)