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Swati Maliwal Takes Rajya Sabha Oath Twice | This Is The Reason
AAP leader and former chairperson of Delhi Women's Commission, Swati Maliwal took oath as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday ahead of the the start of the interim budget session.
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women former chairperson Swati Maliwal took oath as as a member of Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. But she had to take the oath of office twice. According to sources, the Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked Maliwal to take the oath for the second time after she read out the oath meant for nominated members the first time by mistake. Other sources added that AAP members sloganeering during her oath was another reason behind the Chairman asking for a repeat. Notably, Maliwal was elected as AAP’s Rajya Sabha member unopposed. A. Narain Dass Gupta. AAp’s financial policy expert also took the oath today. Notably, this is Gupta’s second term in the Upper House. Educationist Satnam Singh Sandhu, a nominated member of Rajya Sabha, also took the oath today. Mr Sandhu is the founder-chancellor of Chandigarh University.
AAP leader Swati Maliwal was made to take oath twice by the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar today because of two reasons – First, she took the wrong oath initially as she read the version of the oath meant for nominated Rajya Sabha members. The second reason was unwarranted… pic.twitter.com/9HCHTIfNLp
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2024
Maliwal pledged to remain steadfast in amplifying grassroots concerns.”Today is a big day for me. Today I took an oath that my life will be dedicated to the country. I am an activist, and I will always be an activist. I will always raise the issues from the ground level,” Maliwal said while speaking to ANI.
Expressing concern over the suspension of opposition MPs, Maliwal said, “If all the MPs of the opposition are suspended then who will question the government? So suspending the opposition MPs is a sad thing
.”The three candidates of AAP filed their nominations on January 8 in the national capital. AAP renominated Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for a second term, while Swati Maliwal, who was the former Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), has been sent to the Rajya Sabha for the first time.Swati Maliwal replaced Sushil Gupta to represent her party in the upper house.