The newly-elected 62 legislators of the Aam Aadmi party (AAP) and eight members of the Bharatiya Janata Party took oath on the first day of the inaugural session of the seventh Delhi Legislative Assembly on Monday. The first day of the newly-constituted Assembly brought variegated colours with Purvanchli MLA's taking oath and allegiance to the Constitution Maithili, Bhojpuri while Muslims MLAs took the pledge in Urdu, Sikh legislators in Punjabi while AAP's Praveen Kumar from Jungpura seat took oath in English.
Amanatullah Khan, AAP's Okhla MLA took pledge in Urdu, Praveen Kumar, MLA from Jangpura took the oath in English. Greater Kailash MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj and Uttam nagar MLA Naresh Balyan took the pledge in the name of Bajarang Bali (Lord Hanuman) several MLAs chanted 'Jai Hanuman' and thumped their respective desks
Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal will address the assembly on Tuesday at 2 pm to commence the Budget Session of the assembly.
Out of the 70 members, 61 took oath in Hindi, three members in Urdu, 2 members in Maithili, and one member each in English and Punjabi.
The oath taking of the MLAs to the office and secrecy started with Aam Aadmi Party national Convenor and leader of the house Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal taking the oath first, followed by his deputy Sisodia, Environment Minister Gopal Rai, Health Minister Satyendar Jain, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot and other legislators.
According to the Greater Kailash MLA, BJP MLA Anil Kumar Bajpai raised objection when he was taking oath in the name of Lord Hanuman. Legislators such Sanjeev Jha and Ritu Raj Govind, who came dressed in traditional attire, took oath in Maithili language. Praveen Kumar, MLA from Jangpura took the oath in English.
Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh took oath in Punjabi, another AAP MLA Rajesh Gupta took oath in the name of his mother and father. MLAs Rohit Mehroliya took oath in the name of Maharishi Valmiki.