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H D Deve Gowda takes oath as Rajya Sabha member

This is the first time that the JD(S) leader has become a member of the Upper House since 1996.

H D Deve Gowda takes oath as Rajya Sabha member
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New Delhi

Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. Gowda, 87, was in June elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.

When the House met for the day, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu called for oath-taking by newly elected members. After taking oath in Kannada, Gowda greeted the chair with folded hands.

Naidu remarked that he is a "good addition to our House". "Former prime minister and one of the senior-most leaders of our country has come to our House," he said.

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