Congress leader Sonia Gandhi took oath as Rajya Sabha MP for the first time from Rajasthan on Thursday. The senior leader of the grand old party is filling the seat that became vacant after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's term ended on April 3. This occurred a few days before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which are scheduled to take place in seven phases.
Former Lok Sabha MP from Raebareli took oath as Rajya Sabha MP in the presence of Leader of the House Piyush Goyal and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. Congress leader, and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, and Secretary General P C Mody.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), expressed his best wishes to Sonia Gandhi for the new beginnings in the Upper House after 25 years in Lok Sabha.
The Congress President said, "My best wishes to the Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, Smt. Sonia Gandhi as she begins her new innings, by taking oath in the Rajya Sabha, today. Her courageous resilience and dignified grace, in the wake of adversity and upheaval, shall continue to guide our Parliamentary strategy."
“She has completed 25 years serving the Lok Sabha, and now my fellow members and I await her presence in the Upper House. I wish her a fruitful tenure ahead," Kharge added further.