The 37 new MPs elected to the Rajya Sabha will not be administered the oath. The reason for this is a lockdown. Which has been applied for the prevention of coronavirus? However, apart from voting rights in Parliament, these members will get all the facilities including salary and allowances of MPs. Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has said that the oath of new members is not necessary for the present condition. The act of this constitutional imperative will be completed only after the lockdown is over.
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Apart from this, a notice has been sent on behalf of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to all new members that there is no need for an immediate oath. Legislatively, the MP can take part in the proceedings of the House or the meeting of the Standing Committees only after taking oath after being elected a Member of Parliament. Without taking the oath, the MP cannot participate in any voting process in the House. However, no such time limit has been fixed in the Rajya Sabha rules for taking oath of new member.
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37 members have been elected unopposed in the biennial elections for 55 seats of Rajya Sabha. His membership tenure has started from April 2, while elections for 18 seats were to be held on March 26. But due to coronavirus blockade and lockdown, Election Commission had postponed the election of these 18 seats.
