Mamata's man Mukul Roy takes oath

April 25, 2012 11:48

Railway Minister Mukul Roy and five other newly elected members of Rajya Sabha today took oath. Roy, a senior Trinamool Congress leader who was last month re-elected to the Upper House from West Bengal, took oath in Bengali. Members greeted Roy by thumping their desks when his came
was called for taking oath. After the oath, he greeted Chairman Hamid Ansari and leaders of various political parties.

His party colleague Mohammad Nadimul Haq swore in the name of Allah when he took oath in Urdu. Also from West Bengal, Kunal Ghosh and Vivek Gupta (both Trinamool) took oath in Bengali.

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