"Today I took oath as MP inside the Parliament... even today our people have not got respect, basic facilities. Where are the jobs? Where is employment? The government will have to answer. We have come here to protect the self-respect and rights of our people and we will show it by doing it.
After taking oath, Kishan said "Baba Gorakhnath Maharaj ki jai", "Har Har Mahadev" which was joined by other MPs in the House. He also said "Jai Bhojpuri" before shaking hands with MP Faggan Singh Kulaste, who was presiding the Lower House at the time.
Akhilesh Yadav who is from the opposition and the President of the Samajwadi Party when asked about the Lok Sabha nominations today said "Everything will be in front of us soon. The only demand of the opposition was that the speaker should have been from the opposition."
Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) leader and newly elected Member of Parliament Chandra Shekhar Azad asserted that he will be the voice of 'poor' and 'suppressed'.
Amid the row over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-UG examination, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday took a jibe at the central government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming that the latter gets exam papers leaked to "please" its people.
Veteran Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh Faizabad (Ayodhya), Awadhesh Prasad who remained in the limelight amid the General elections 2024 said he will live up to the expectations of "god-like" voters of Faizabad.
BJP leader CR Kesavan hit out at Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over his post on Uttar Pradesh regarding paper leaks and said that Tharoor had questioned the integrity and honesty of the people of UP and one does not become civil or dignified by splattering fancy English words.
Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari, on Monday, commented on the first session of the Lok Sabha, saying that although there are issues to address, today is primarily about the oath-taking ceremony and the appointment of the speaker.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) will convene a crucial meeting of its MPs at the Parliamentary Party Office at the Parliament House in Delhi at 10 a.m. tomorrow before the commencement of the first Parliament session, after the conclusion of the Lok Sabha polls 2024, sources said.