BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Union minister Ram Nath Thakur, and senior Congress leader Abhishek Sanghvi, along with 13 other newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs, took oath of office on Thursday.
Vice-President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha C P Radhakrishnan administered the oath to the 16 newly elected/re-elected members of Rajya Sabha, representing Bihar, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Telangana.
Of the 16 MPs, eight are from the BJP and three from its allies. The other five MPs belong to Congress.
After being elected as the BJP's national president, Nabin has moved to the Upper House following his resignation from the Bihar legislative assembly.
He took the oath in Hindi amid the thumping of desks.
Along with him, Union Minister Ram Nath Thakur also took the oath. He has been re-elected to the House from Bihar.
