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The Vice President and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu with the newly elected Members of Rajya Sabha, Shri Amit Shah and Smt. Smriti Irani, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on August 25, 2017. The Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri P.J. Kurien, the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence, Shri Arun Jaitley and the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan are also seen.

Amit Shah and Smriti Irani took oath as Rajya Sabha MPs

Newdelhi:25/8/17:Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani took oath as Rajya Sabha MPs, in Delhi, on Friday.Chairman, M. Venkaiah Naidu, administered the oath of secrecy to both the BJP leaders.

The Vice President and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu administering the oath as Member, Rajya Sabha to Shri Amit Shah, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on August 25, 2017.  The Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri P.J. Kurien, the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence, Shri Arun Jaitley and the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan are also seen.

 

This is Amit Shah’s debut in the Parliament and was elected to the Upper House from Gujarat earlier this month.

The Vice President and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu administering the oath as Member, Rajya Sabha to Smt. Smriti Irani, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on August 25, 2017.  The Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri P.J. Kurien, the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence, Shri Arun Jaitley and the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan are also seen.

Shah has been a five-term MLA in the Gujarat Assembly.

 

Congress leader Ahmed Patel also won in the Gujarat elections, even though few legislators deserted the party days before the election and cross-voting. The BJP lacks majority in the House and it is being said that Shah’s entry into the Rajya Sabha would give a boost to the party

 

 

 

 

 

 

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