Colourful attires, traditional headgears & saffron mark festivities on first day of Parliament

Leaders arrived wearing traditional attires at the Parliament for the first day of the 17th Lok Sabha session.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets leaders before entering the Parliament | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

New Delhi: Leader of the House and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah were among those who took oath as Members of the 17th Lok Sabha that commenced here Monday. As soon as the House met, the Members stood in silence for a few minutes as per the convention “to mark the solemn occasion of the first sitting of the 17th Lok Sabha”.

Parliament is my temple

Amravati MP Navneet Kaur Rana kneels in prayer before entering the Parliament | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Samajwadi Parivar

SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav share a light moment with others | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Odisha’s Modi 

Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi arrives at the Parliament | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

The Badals  

MPs Sukhbir Singh Badal (wearing white kurta) and Harsimrat Kaur Badal come out of the Parliament with their children | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Hello Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol at the Parliament | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Saffron & Maithil headgear  

MP Ashwini Kumar Choubey (centre) welcomed Bihar MPs Gopal Jee Thakur (left) and Ashok Kumar Yadav (right), who came in traditional Maithil attire and headgear | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Raksha Mantri arrives 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Parliament | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint