Ahmed Patel, Smriti Irani, Dilip Pandya take oath as Rajya Sabha members



New Delhi, 19 August, 2011

Three new Rajya Sabha members elected unopposed from Gujarat today took oath as members of the Rajya Sabha.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) old-timer Dilip Pandya and actress Smriti Irani are from Gujarat. The two took oath in Gujarati while Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s key aide Ahmed Patel in Hindi.


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