Rahul, Akhilesh, Owaisi take oath as LS members

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav, Hema Malini, Asaduddin Owaisi and Kanimozhi Karunanidhi were among the prominent members to be sworn in on the second day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Union minister and BJP leader Narayan Rane, Supriya Sule of the NCP (SP), Arvind Sawant of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Shrikant Shinde of the Shiv Sena were also among the newly-elected members who took oath on Tuesday. After taking oath, Sule touched Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab’s feet and also sought blessings from Union minister Nitin Gadkari. At the outset, the pro-tem speaker said 262 newly-elected members of the Lok Sabha took oath on Monday and the remainder would be sworn in on Tuesday. Most members sworn in during the first hour were from Maharashtra and took oath in Marathi. A few took their oaths in English and Hindi.