NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today was the first member of the newly elected 16th Lok Sabha to take oath in the House.
The oath taking was to begin yesterday but the House had to be adjourned as mark of respect to the memory of Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde, who died in a road accident on June 3.
As Mr Modi’s name was called by pro tem Speaker Kamal Nath, the members of the treasury benches welcomed him by clapping and thumping of desk.
Mr Modi took the oath of allegiance to the Constitution of India in Hindi.
He was followed by L K Advani of the BJP and Sonia Gandhi of the Congress who also took the oath in Hindi.
After Mr Modi, Mr Advani and Ms Gandhi, oath was administered to three members on the panel of House chairmen nominated by the President — Arjun Charan Sethi, P A Sangma and Birendra Singh Engti, who all took oath in English. They were followed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Ms Swaraj took oath in Sanskrit. Other Ministers who chose Sanskrit was Uma Bharti. Other Ministers who took oath included Nitin Gadkari, Ram Vilas Paswan, Gen V K Singh, Maneka Gandhi, Harsh Vardhan, Harsimrat Kaur, Anant Geete and Kalraj Mishra. After Cabinet Ministers, oath was administered to Ministers of State and other MPs.
Earlier, Mr Nath while beginning the proceedings of the House expressed hope that the members would maintain the sanctity and decorum of the House and wished them success in their endeavour.
The pro tem Speaker also announced that the resignation of Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mr K C Rao and Mr Narendra Modi from Mainpuri,
Medak and Vadodra seats respectively had been accepted. (AGENCIES)
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