New Delhi : They Will Welcome me Very Soon : Ranjan Gogoi
‘They will welcome me very soon’: Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi on Opposition protest over his Rajya Sabha oath Union Minister Ravishankar Prasad welcomed Gogoi in the Rajya Sabha. He was nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind on March 16. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu greets former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi after he took oath as Rajya Sabha MP on Thursday. Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi took oath as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday amid walkout from the Opposition parties who were opposed to his nomination. “They will welcome me very soon. There are no critics,” Gogoi told reporters as he left Parliament premises after taking oath as an MP of the Upper House. Members of Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) opposed Gogoi’s appointment and walked out of the Rajya Sabha. The Communist Party of India, DMK and MDMK also joined the protest. Meanwhile, Union Minister Ravishankar Prasad had welcomed Gogoi in the Rajya Sabha. Justice