Amit Shah, Smriti Irani take oath as Rajya Sabha MPs

August 25, 2017 12:19 pm | Updated 12:19 pm IST - New Delhi

Amit Shah and Smriti Irani of the BJP, who were recently elected to the Rajya Sabha, at the Parliament premises on Thursday.

Amit Shah and Smriti Irani of the BJP, who were recently elected to the Rajya Sabha, at the Parliament premises on Thursday.

BJP chief Amit Shah and Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday took oath as Rajya Sabha members.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath to Mr. Shah and Ms. Irani in his chamber.

Mr.Shah is making his debut in Parliament. Both were elected to the upper house from Gujarat earlier this month.

They were accompanied by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad among others.

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