New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah who has been elected from home-state Gujarat recently will take oath as Rajya Sabha member on August 25.

Sources told an agency taht the Chairman, M Venkaiah Naidu, would administer the oath to Mr Shah on Friday.

The BJP chief is making his debut in Parliament. He was elected to the Upper House from Gujarat earlier this month.

Mr Shah has been a five-term MLA in the Gujarat assembly.

The 52-year-old BJP chief was elected to Parliament earlier this month.