External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar along with 8 other newly elected Members of Rajya Sabha took oath.

They were administered the oath by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in Parliament House. Nagendra Ray, Kesridevsinh Digvijaysinh Jhala, Babubhai Jesangbhai Desai of BJP and Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen, Sukhendu Shekhar Ray, Prakash Chik Baraik and Samirul Islam of TMC took the oath.