NCP-SCP leader Sharad Pawar was among the 19 new Rajya Sabha members who took oath in New Delhi on Monday (April 6, 2026). | Photo credit: PTI
NCP-SCP leader Sharad Pawar and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale were among the 19 new Rajya Sabha members who took oath here on Monday (April 6, 2026).
The oath was administered in the presence of Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan. Deputy Speaker Harivansh and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju were present at the ceremony in the Rajya Sabha hall.
The chairmen of the individual parties were also present in the chamber.
The newly elected members were five from Maharashtra, six from Tamil Nadu, five from West Bengal and three from Odisha.
Maya Chintaman Ivnate of the BJP’s Maharashtra unit was the first to take the oath, followed by Mr. Pawar, who arrived in a wheelchair.
Ramrao Sakharam Wadkute (BJP), Jyoti Nagnath Waghmare (SS) and Athawale (RPI-A) were also sworn in as members representing Maharashtra in the upper house.
Manmohan Samal (BJP), Sanrupt Mishra (BJD) and Dilip Kumar Ray (Ind) were sworn in as members from Odisha, while Constandine Ravindran (DMK), Christopher Manickam (Congress), LK Sudhish (DMDK), M Thambidurai (AIADMK), Tiruchi Sivamanith (DMK) represented members for AmbumanithPMK and represented members for AmbumanithPMK. Tamil Nadu.
Babul Supriya Baral (AITC), Biswajit Sinha (BJP), Menaka Guruswamy (AITC), Rajeev Kumar (AITC) and Rukmini Mallik (AITC) were sworn in from West Bengal.
Most members took the oath in their respective regional languages.
Chairman Radhakrishnan congratulated all the newly elected members.
Published – 06 Apr 2026 12:22 IST
