BJP chief Amit Shah, Union minister Smriti Irani take oath as Rajya Sabha MPs
BJP chief Amit Shah and Union minister Smriti Irani took oath as Rajya Sabha members on Friday
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BJP chief Amit Shah made his debut in the Parliament on Friday as he took oath as a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha. PTI
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath to Shah as well as Union minister Smriti Irani. Shah and Irani were both elected from Gujarat earlier this month. PTI
At the swearing-in, they were accompanied by parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar, finance minister Arun Jaitley and law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad along with others. While Shah took his pledge in Hindi, Irani took hers in Sanskrit. Twitter @Amit Shah
Smriti Irani also called on President Ram Nath Kovind and extended Ganesh Chaturthi greetings to him and his family after taking oath as a member of Rajya Sabha. Twitter @Smriti Irani
After the oath, Amit Shah and his wife also called on veteran BJP leader LK Advani at his residence to seek his blessings. Twitter @Amit Shah