India, Nov. 7 -- Newly elected members of the Rajya Sabha, Rajinder Gupta and Sat Paul Sharma, were administered the oath of office by Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday. Gupta of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was elected an MP from Punjab.

Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took oath as an MP representing Jammu and Kashmir. Gupta took the oath at a brief function in Parliament House in Punjabi, while Sharma did it in Hindi. Gupta, an industrialist, was nominated by the AAP, which is in power in Punjab.

Sharma is the president of the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP. He is a chartered accountant by profession and has earlier served as a cabinet minister in the J-K government. He was elected a member of the Legislative Asse...