Date: 23 August 2019
PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT
PRESS RELEASE
Dr. Manmohan singh takes oath as Member of Rajya Sabha
Chairman Shri Naidu administers oath to the 87 year old former PM
Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Shri Rahul Gandhi, Shri Azad, Shri Ashok Gehlot present
Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today took oath as Member of Rajya Sabha for the sixth term. Rajya Sabha Chairman Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath in his chamber to the 87 year old Dr. Singh.
Leader of the House Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Leader of the Opposition Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Dy. Leader of the Congress in Rajya Sabha Shri Anand Sharma, Congress President and Lok Sabha Member Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha Member Shri Rahul Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Shri Ashok Gehlot, Dy. Chief Minister of Rajasthan Shri Sachin Pilot, Rajya Sabha Member Shri Ahmed Patel were present on the occasion.
Dr. Manmohan Singh has been elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from the State of Rajasthan in a bye-election on the 19th of this month further to the demise of sitting Member Shri Madanlal Saini. Dr. Singh was earlier elected to Rajya Sabha in 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007 and 2013. Dr. Singh was Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha during 1998-2004 and Leader of the House as the Prime Minister during 2004-14. The 87 year old Dr. Singh is the fourth oldest among the sitting members of the House of Elders after the 96 year old Shri Ram Jethmalani, the 91 year old Shri Motilal Vora and the 88 year old Dr. C.P. Thakur.
While the 79 year old Dr. Mahendra Prasad is serving the 7th term in Rajya Sabha, Shri Jethmalani is in his sixth term and Shri Vora is serving fourth term in Rajya Sabha.
23rd August, 2019
New Delhi