Deve Gowda takes oath as Rajya Sabha member

September 20, 2020 10:17

Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

Gowda, 87, was in June elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka. This is the first time that the Janata Dal-Secular leader has become a member of the Upper House since 1996.

When the House met for the day, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu called for oath-taking by newly elected members.

After taking oath in Kannada, Gowda greeted the chair with folded hands.

Naidu remarked that he is a 'good addition to our House'.

"Former prime minister and one of the senior-most leaders of our country has come to our House," he said. -- PTI

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