BJP’s Tarvinder Marwah chanted religious slogans after reading the printed text, to which the Speaker objected, reminding him that it was not a Gurudwara.Amanatullah Khan (Urdu), Chandan Chaudhary (Maithili), Ajay Dutt (English), and Gajendra Yadav (Sanskrit) also took their oaths, with the Speaker consistently instructing members to follow the official oath format.Other MLAs who took their oaths in Sanskrit included Sanjay Goel, Jitendra Mahajan, Ajay Mahawar, and BJP’s Karnail Singh, while Chaudhary Zubair and Amanatullah Khan chose Urdu.Leader of Opposition and MLA from the Kalkaji seat, Atishi also took oath.Gopal Rai, due to difficulty in walking, took the oath from his seat, assisted by Atishi.Mohan Singh Bisht was the last MLA to be sworn in.Anil Jha took his oath in Maithili.The election for the new Speaker is set to take place later in the day, with BJP MLA Vijender Gupta likely to assume the position.The BJP secured a decisive victory in the February 5 Assembly elections, winning 48 of the 70 seats and ending the decade-long rule of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which won 22 seats.In a unanimous decision, AAP MLAs elected former Delhi chief minister Atishi as the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly.
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