Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the first to take oath in the new Lok Sabha on Monday while UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi might get a special slot to do so over the two-day long swearing-in ceremony.
The inaugural session of the 17th Lok Sabha will start on Monday with the swearing-in of its members where they have to take the oath after getting elected to the House. The oath will be taken before any other business including the election of the Speaker takes place.
According torules, the PM will take the oath at first who is the leader of the Housefollowed by Council of Ministers. The rules also said that as long as a memberdoes not take the oath, he or she cannot participate in any business of theHouse.
It is forthe first time that the Lok Sabha Secretariat has provided online formats ofthe oath or affirmation in all 22 languages in which the members can take theoath. An official said that they can take oath in any language but if it is notHindi or English, they need to give advance notice to the Lok SabhaSecretariat.
The LokSabha Secretariat further stated that the MPs should only read from theofficial draft of the oath. The MPs have also been requested that they cannotadd any word or change any sentence and should read the drafts availableonline. This has been done as a precautionary measure. The MPs take oath eitherin the name of God or the Constitution.