Congress candidates Kamlesh Thakur, Hardeep Baba Bawa and BJP candidate Ashish Sharma took the oath after winning the seats in Dehra, Nalagarh and Hamirpur, respectively.
Addressing a joint sitting of both Houses, the President congratulated the newly elected members of the 18th Lok Sabha. She also expressed her gratitude to the Election Commission of India for holding the elections peacefully.
The first session is expected to be stormy as the opposition is likely to corner the BJP-led NDA government on the election of the Speaker on June 26, discussions regarding allegations of paper leaks in NEET-UG and UGC-NET, and row over the appointment of the pro-tem Speaker.
After the Bharatiya Janata Party swept all the seven seats of the National Capital, the newly elected members of Lok Sabha from Delhi met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. The official X account of Raj Niwas Delhi, run by LG Secretariat, posted a picture with the newly elected members and said,
The upper house of Parliament, will convene on Tuesday at 9 am to swear in newly elected members and elect the chairman and deputy chairman, according to a circular released by the Senate Secretariat, reported ARY News.
Among those who were administered the oath were Golla Baburao, Meda Raghunadha Reddy, Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Syed Naseer Hussain and Ajay Makan.
The newly elected members of Pakistan's National Assembly were sworn in on Thursday during a session of parliament that was marred by protests, ruckus, and pro-Imran Khan sloganeering, reported Dawn.
The inaugural session of the new Balochistan Assembly is scheduled for Wednesday, with newly-elected members likely to take their oaths, Dawn reported, adding that the district administration enforced tight security measures in and around the assembly premises.
The newly elected members of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Balochistan reached a consensus on February 25 appointing Sheikh Jaffar Mandokhail as the governor and Rahila Hameed Durrani as the speaker of the provincial assembly.
The Sindh government has imposed Section 144 in the south zone of the province in anticipation of a protest ahead of the provincial assembly, which will be convening its preliminary session with the newly elected members, according to Geo News.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and several other dignitaries will grace the event. A total of 230 Members of the State Legislature, including 69 newly elected Members, will attend the