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Kejriwal, Sisodia, Raghav, Saurabh Bharadwaj alongwith other MLAs take oath as members in Delhi Assembly

As the three-day Assembly session began today, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and other newly elected MLAs took oath as members of the House.

New Delhi: As the three-day Assembly session began today, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and other newly elected MLAs took oath as members of the House.

This is the first Assembly session after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) formed the government for the third time.

Saurabh Bharadwaj takes oath in Lord Hanuman’s name

Greater Kailash MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj took oath in name of “Bajrang Bali Hanuman” and raised slogans of “Jai Hanuman” after the oath.

Later, Bharadwaj tweeted, “BJP legislators have objection that oath of office is taken in the name of Hanuman. Is BJP MLA Anil Bajpai anti-Hindu? Why does BJP object to taking Lord Hanuman’s name? Does the top leadership also think the same? Why are…

Burari MLA Sanjeev Jha, who came dressed in traditional attire, took oath in Maithili language Matia Mahal MLA Shoaib Iqbal, who was appointed pro-tem speaker, administered the oath. The speaker will be elected later in the day.

The seventh Delhi Legislative Assembly was constituted after the Aam Aadmi Party won 62 seats in the 70-member House. The BJP won eight seats, while the Congress drew a blank.