9 newly elected Members of the Legislative Council took the oath of office here on Sunday.
Legislative Council chairman Dr A Chakrapani administered the oath to 9 MLCs at his chambers, in the presence of several ministers and other political leaders.
The MLCs are: Boddu Nageswara Rao and Ravi Kiran Varma from the Graduates constituency; G. Srinivasulu Naidu and Pula Ravindra from the Teachers constituency; T Santosh Kumar, Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, K Veerabhadraswamy and Lakshmi Siva Kumari of Congress party, via the MLA Quota; and K Samantha Kamani of TDP.
In all, 17 members were elected from the graduates, teachers and Assembly constituencies. Of them, Mohammad Ali Shabbir (Congress) and Mohammad Saleem (TDP) will take the oath on Monday, while Mohammad Mahmood Ali of TRS will take the oath on 5 April. (INN)