Vice President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, C. P. Radhakrishnan, administered the oath to nineteen newly elected members of the Upper House today. Union Minister of State, Ramdas Athawale, and senior NCP-SCP leader, Sharadchandra Pawar, also took the oath as members of the Rajya Sabha this morning. Both leaders were re-elected to the House from Maharashtra. Dr. Jyoti Nagnath Waghmare and Ramrao Sakharam Wadkute also took the oath. Meanwhile, six members from Tamil Nadu, including Christopher Manickam, L K Sudhish, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, and Tiruchi Siva, also took the oath of the Upper House. The Vice-President also administered the oath to Babul Supriya Baral, Rukmini Mallik, Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, and Rajeev Kumar from West Bengal. Furthermore, three members from Odisha, including Santrupt Mishra, Manmohan Samal, and Dilip Kumar Ray, took the oath.