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Several leaders, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, were sworn in on the second day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha on Tuesday. As many as 535 members took oath on Monday and Tuesday with seven yet to complete the process. (PTI Photo)
As his party members chanted ‘Bharat Jodo’ slogans, Congress leader and Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi held the Constitution in his hand while taking oath as a member of the Lok Sabha. (PTI)
BJP leader Om Birla, who has been nominated for the speaker's post, also took oath. He will go up against Congress member K Suresh for the position of Lok Sabha Speaker. (PTI Photo)
Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee also took oath as MP. Earlier, he had announced that he would be taking a “short hiatus” from political and organisational activities over some “pressing medical reasons”. (PTI Photo)
Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) and Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad is seen taking oath at the Parliament House complex. He concluded his oath with the chant 'Jai Bhim, Jai Bharat, Jai Samvidhaan, Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'. (PTI Photo)
Actor-turned politicians Arun Govil and Hema Malini also took oath as MPs. (PTI Photo)
Congress MP Kishori Lal Sharma took oath as a Member of the 18th Lok Sabha during its second day, at the Parliament. The Gandhi loyalist had an enormous win against BJP's Smriti Irani in Amethi. (PTI Photo)
BJP's Ravi Kishan took his oath soon after Owaisi's controversial statement expressing his support for Palestine. Kishan ended his oath with a Mahadev chant in Bhojpuri and was joined by many other MPs. (PTI Photo)
Samajwadi Party chief and MP Akhilesh Yadav shows a copy of the Constitution of India while taking oath as a Member of the 18th Lok Sabha (PTI Photo)
Akhilesh Yadav's wife and Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav also took oath. Dimple had won the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat defeating BJP's Jaiveer Singh. (PTI Photo)
Former cricketer and TMC MP Yusuf Pathan also took oath as a member of the Lok Sabha. Earlier this year, in Murshidabad, he had promised most members of his constituency a job (PTI Photo)
TMC MP Mahua Moitra took oath as a member of the House during the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha today. (PTI Photo)
Former Tripura CM and BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb was sworn in as a member of 18th Lok Sabha. (PTI Photo)
DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi took oath as Lok Sabha MP from Thoothukudi. She is the sister of Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin and daughter of former Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi. (PTI Photo)
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal took the oath on the second day of the Parliament session. From Bathinda, she is a former Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries. (PTI Photo)