Dharamshala, May 31 -- The newly elected members of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile took an oath before the interim speaker on Sunday in the North Indian hill town of Dharamshala.

There are a total of 45 members of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, including 10 each from three regions, 2 each from five from the religious representation, 2 from America, 2 from Europe and one from Australasia. This time the parliament has 18 new faces.

Dawa Tsering, the interim speaker, told ANI, "We just had the oath-taking ceremony of all the 45 newly elected members of the 18th Tibetan parliament in exile. They took an oath before the interim speaker. The election of the speaker and deputy speaker will be held later today, and their swearing-in cer...