PM Modi, Advani take oath as 16th Lok Sabha members

The oath was administered by senior Congress leader Kamal Nath

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several of his Cabinet colleagues and Congress President Sonia Gandhi were prominent among those who took oath as members of the 16th Lok Sabha today.

Attired in spotless white, the Prime Minister was the first to take oath amid thumping of desks.

He took oath in Hindi in the name of God and was followed by BJP veteran L K Advani.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took her oath in impeccable Sanskrit.

The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader was followed by party colleague Uma Bharti, union minister for water resources and Ganga rejuvenation, who also took her oath as the MP in Sanskrit.

Their party colleague and Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda took his oath in Kannada and so did Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth Kumar. They both come from Karnataka.