Who among the following Prime Minister was not the member of Rajya Sabha when he had taken the oath of…
When H.D. Deve Gowda took the oath as Prime Minister on 1 June 1996, he was the sitting Chief Minister of Karnataka (member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly) and was not a…
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Who among the following Prime Minister was not the member of Rajya Sabha when he had taken the oath of the office of the Prime Minister ?
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When H.D. Deve Gowda took the oath as Prime Minister on 1 June 1996, he was the sitting Chief Minister of Karnataka (member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly) and was not a member of either House of Parliament; he was elected to the Rajya Sabha later in September 1996. Indira Gandhi (1966), I.K. Gujral (1997), and Manmohan Singh (2004) were sitting Rajya Sabha members when they took oath.
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