New Delhi/Mumbai, April 6 -- Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President CP Radhakrishnan today administered the oath of office to Sharad Pawar, Jyoti Waghmare, union Minister Ramdas Athawale, Ramrao Wadkute and Maya Ivnate, who are newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs from Maharashtra.
The late Ajit Pawar's son Parth Pawar who has been elected to the Rajya Sabha for the first time will take oath on April 9, while BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde is likely to take oath as a Rajya Sabha MP on April 10. A total of seven Rajya Sabha MPs have been elected from Maharashtra.
Due to his ill-health, Sharad Pawar sat on his wheelchair while taking his oath as a Rajya Sabha member, while Jyoti Waghmare of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, was dressed...