Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: On Monday, former Goa Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro took oath as member of the Rajya Sabha on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament.
Chairman M Venkaih Naidu administered the oath to Faleiro. He was elected to the Upper House from West Bengal.
Faleiro was elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed in a by-poll, according to a notification of the West Bengal assembly.
The TMC had named its vice-president Luizinho Faleiro, a former chief minister of Goa, as its candidate for the by-election.
“The assembly secretary in a notification today announced that Luizinho Faleiro has been elected to Rajya Sabha in the by-poll. After scrutiny of papers, he was declared elected unopposed,” TMC Chief Whip Nirmal Ghosh had said.
Other newly elected members to the Rajya Sabha are Congress’ Rajani Ashokrao Patel, and DMK’s KRN Rajesh Kumar and Kanimozhi NVN Somu.
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