The first session of 17th Lok Sabha commenced in Delhi Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also the leader of the House, taking oath as Member.
As soon as the House met, the Members stood in silence for a few minutes as per the convention after the assembling of the new Lok Sabha.
When Modi's name was called out, Members from the ruling NDA thumped the desk greeting the Prime Minister with slogans such as 'Modi Modi' and "Bharat Mata ki Jai. The panel of presiding officers - K Suresh, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and B Mehtab - took oath as Members after the Prime Minister.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, and Chemical and Fertilisers Minister D V Sadanand Gowda also took the oath.
Five-forty-two newly elected parliamentarians will be administered an oath of office in the first two days of the session.
Here are the live updates:
4:35 pm: BJP winning candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur takes oath as Lok Sabha MP.
4:25 pm:
1:22 pm: Union Minister Smriti Irani, who defeated Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, received the longest applause when she took oath as member of the 17th Lok Sabha on Monday.
11:40 am: Union Ministers and BJP MPs Dr Harsh Vardhan and Dr Jitendra Singh took oath in Sanskrit and Dogri.
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11:30 am: Tejasvi Surya, BJP MP arrives at Parliament, says, "I'm entering it with a lot of gratitude for people who've elected me and also, with a sense of idealism to ensure Bharat Mata reaches a pinnacle of glory which it's destined to do."
11:24 am: BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, Smriti Zubin Irani takes oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha.
11:22 am: Union Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal MP from Bathinda, Harsimrat Kaur Badal takes oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha
11:19 am: Union Minister and BJP MP Nitin Gadkari takes oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha.
11:16 am: BJP President and Home Minister Amit Shah takes oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha.
11:14 am: BJP MP and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh takes oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha.
11:10 am: Newly -elected Members of Parliament take oath at the Parliament.
10:45 am: PM Narendra Modi arrives at the parliament, says, "The role of an Opposition and an active Opposition is important in a parliamentary democracy."
