Newly elected members from different political parties took oath on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament. Cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh, Misa Bharti, daughter of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, and BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Monday took oath along with nearly 25 other leaders as Rajya Sabha members.
A. Rao Meena, Vijay Sai Reddy, Kheeru Mahto, Shambhala Saran Patel, Ranjeet Ranjan, Maharashtra Majhi, Aditya Prasad, Praful Patel, Imran Pratapgarhi, Sanjay Raut, Sasmit Patra, Sandeep Kumar Pathak, and Vikramjeet Singh Sahani. Randeep Singh Surjewala, P. Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, R. Girl Rajan, S. Kalyan Sundaram, K.R.N. Rajesh Kumar, Javed Ali Khan, and V. Vijendra Prasad also took the oath on Monday.
Renowned former athlete P.T. Usha (from Kerala) and legendary music composer Ilaiyaraaja (from Tamil Nadu) could not be present in the Rajya Sabha to take the oath due to some reasons.
