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Nadda appointed Leader of the House of Rajya Sabha
Union Minister JP Nadda has been appointed as the Leader of the House of the Rajya Sabha
Chirag Paswan goes to Parliament House with mother Reena Paswan
Union Minister and LJP MP Chirag Paswan with mother Reena Paswan and others at the Parliament House complex on the first day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
Bansuri Swaraj remember mother Sushma Swaraj
BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj plants a sapling in the memory of her mother and party leader Late Sushma Swaraj, before attending the first day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
Akhilesh Yadav, party MPs take copy of Constitution to Parliament
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and party MPs hold copies of the Constitution, at the Parliament House complex on the first day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Monday, June 24, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Linguistic diversity on display in Lok Sabha MPs take oath
The Lok Sabha witnessed a display of linguistic diversity on Monday, with the newly-elected MPs taking their oaths in English and Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Dogri, Bengali, Assamese and Odia.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his oath in Hindi amid slogans of "Jai Shri Ram" from the treasury benches.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Urban Development Minister ML Khattar were among those who took oath in Hindi.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the MP from Odisha's Sambalpur, took oath in Odia.
Suresh Gopi, the first BJP MP to be elected from Kerala, also took oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha. Before taking his oath in Malayalam, the actor-politician invoked the gods, saying "Krishna, Guruvayurappa".
Shripad Yesso Naik, the MoS for Power and Renewable Energy, took his oath in Sanskrit. Naik won a sixth term from the North Goa constituency.
Steel and Heavy Industries Minister HD Kumaraswamy and Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi took their oaths in Kannada while Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy took his oath in Telugu.