Akhilesh Yadav takes oath as Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council member

Lucknow: Ten newly-elected members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, including Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, took oath in Lucknow on Monday.

The new members were administered oath by Legislative Council Chairman Ganesh Shankar Pandey at a function held here.

Other than Mr Akhilesh, the Samajwadi Party members who took oath included cabinet minister Ambika Chaudhary, Umar Ali Khan, Rajendra Chaudhary, Naresh Chandra Uttam, Madhu Gupta, Ram Sakal Gurjar and Vijay.

Chaudhary Mushtaq and Mahendra Sigh of RLD and BJP respectively also took oath at the function.

However, three members of Bahujan Samaj Party, Thakur Jaiveer Singh, Doctor Vijay Pratap and Sunil Kumar, did not take oath.