New Delhi, April 6 -- Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday took oath as Rajya Sabha member along with other MPs elected to the House from West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.

A total of 19 leaders, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, DMK's Tiruchi Siva, BJP's Ramrao Wadkute, Manmohan Samal, BJD's Santrupt Mishra, BJD-Congress backed Dilip Kumar Ray, DMK's Constandine Ravindran, DMDL's LK Sudhish and Congress' Christopher Manickam, took oath today.

This marks the return of Sharad Pawar, Ramdas Athawale and several other leaders who were re-elected after their tenure ended. After a long stint in the Lok Sabha, the NCP(SCP) patriarch was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2014.

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