Re-elected from Assam

POLITICS// Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took oath as member of Rajya Sabha after being re-elected from Assam on June 17, 2013. The eighty-year-old Singh, who is the Leader of the Upper House, was re-elected as the member of Rajya Sabha from Assam for the fifth consecutive term. Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leaders Ahmed Patel, Motilal Vohra and Rajv Shukla were among those present on the occasion. Taking his oath in the name of God, Singh told reporters that “It is a great opportunity for me to re-dedicate myself to the service of the people of Assam.” Among the people present at the ceremony were Lok Janshakti Party President Ram Vilas Paswan, SP leader Ram Gopal Yadab and a many other Rajya Sabha members. Another Congress member from Assam, Santius Kujur, also took oath the same day. The election to the two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam had taken place on May 30, 2013, and the Congress had won both seats.