New Delhi, April 6 -- Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, took oath, along with eighteen other new and re-elected members of the Rajya Sabha, on Monday, 6 April. Guruswamy, picked by Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, had created history by becoming India's first openly queer Member of Parliament (MP).

Babul Supriya Baral (TMC),Rajeev Kumar (TMC), and Rukmini Mallik (BJP) also took oath as Rajya Sabha MPs from West Bengal on Monday.

Among others sworn in today are five members from Maharashtra, including Ramdas Bandu Athawale, Maya Chintaman Ivnate, Sharadchandra Pawar, Ramrao Sakharam Wadkute and Jyoti Nagnath Waghmare.

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