Kerala MPs elected to the 18th Lok Sabha took oath of office.
Kerala MPs were sworn in on the first day of the 18th Lok Sabha session. The Congress MPs took the oath while holding copies of the Constitution in their hands. KC Venugopal, Adoor Prakash, NK Premachandran and Shafi Param, who came to Parliament for the first time, also took oath in English. Ernakulam MP Hybi Eden took oath in Hindi.
The remaining 12 MPs took oath in Malayalam. BJP member Suresh Gopi, who is the Union Minister, reached the swearing-in chamber with the prayer of Krishna, Guruvayurappa. LDF MP K Radhakrishnan also took oath of office. 17 MPs from Kerala took oath. As MP Shashi Tharoor is on a foreign trip, the oath-taking will take place next week.
