On April 10, 2026, at 3:14 PM, the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan, administered the oath of office to Shri Nitish Kumar at Parliament House. Shri Nitish Kumar joins the Rajya Sabha as a newly elected member representing the state of Bihar; he took his oath in Hindi.
The ceremony was attended by several high-ranking government officials and ministers, including:
* **Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman:** Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs.
* **Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh:** Minister of Panchayati Raj, and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
* **Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal:** Minister of State for Law and Justice.
* **Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda:** Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha) and Minister of Health and Family Welfare, and Chemicals and Fertilizers.
* **Shri Samrat Choudhary:** Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
* **Rajya Sabha Members:** Shri Jairam Ramesh, Shri Rajeev Shukla, and Shri Sanjay Kumar Jha.
* **Lok Sabha Member:** Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
* **Secretariat Officials:** Shri P. C. Mody (Secretary General, Rajya Sabha) and other senior officers.
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Key Entities Referenced
Nitish Kumar: Newly elected Member of Rajya Sabha representing the state of Bihar who was administered the oath of office.
C.P. Radhakrishnan: Chairman of the Rajya Sabha who presided over the ceremony and administered the oath.
Rajya Sabha: The Upper House of the Parliament of India where the newly elected member was sworn in.
Bihar: The Indian state represented by the newly elected member, Nitish Kumar, in the Rajya Sabha.
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Rajya Sabha Chairman, Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan
administers oath to Shri Nitish Kumar
Posted On: 10 APR 2026 3:14PM by PIB Delhi
Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan today administered oath in the Parliament
House to the newly elected member Shri Nitish Kumar, representing the state of Bihar. Shri Nitish Kumar
took the oath in Hindi language.
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance, and Corporate Affairs; Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Minister
of Panchayati Raj, and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of
State for Law and Justice; Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha and Minister of
Health and Family Welfare, and Chemicals and Fertilizers; Shri Samrat Choudhary, Deputy Chief Minister
of Bihar; Shri Jairam Ramesh, Shri Rajeev Shukla and Shri Sanjay Kumar Jha, Members, Rajya Sabha;
Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Member, Lok Sabha; Shri P. C. Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha and other
senior officers of the secretariat were also present on the occasion.****
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