Jaitley to take oath for fresh Rajya Sabha term tomorrow

The ceremony will take place in the chambers of Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.

The 65-year old Jaitley was elected recently from Uttar Pradesh and will take oath at a special ceremony due to his health condition.

"The Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs,Shri @arunjaitley will take oath as Member of Rajya Sabha tomorrow,15th April,2018. The Vice President & Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri @MVenkaiahNaidu will administer the oath to Shri Jaitley in his Chamber in Parliament House," the Finance Ministry said in a tweet.

The ceremony is likely to take place at 11:00 AM, sources said.

Jaitley was on April 3 once again appointed as the Leader of the Upper House following the re-election.

He has not been going to his North Block office since April 2. He underwent dialysis at AIIMS on April 9 and has been confined to a controlled environment' at home.

He had cancelled his scheduled foreign visits and had confirmed his illness in a tweet.

I am being treated for kidney related problems & certain infections that I have contracted, he had tweeted.

Jaitley had in September 2014 undergone a bariatric surgery to treat weight gain that he suffered because of a long-standing diabetic condition. That surgery was first performed at Max Hospital, but he had to be later shifted to AIIMS because of complications.

He had a heart surgery several years ago.