<p>Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha for his sixth term.</p>.<p>Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath in his chamber to 86-year-old Singh.</p>.<p>Leader of the House Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi were present during the oath-taking.</p>.<p>Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, deputy leader of Congress in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma, and Ahmed Patel were also present in the chairman's chamber.</p>.<p>Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot, besides some BJP leaders, were also present.</p>.<p>"Administered oath to Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as Rajya Sabha MP in my Chamber in Rajya Sabha today," Naidu later tweeted along with pictures of the oath-taking in which Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur was also seen.</p>.<p>Singh returned to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. He was elected unopposed as the BJP did not put up a candidate against him.</p>.<p>In the August 19 by-election, necessitated by the death of BJP MP Madan Lal Saini, the seat went to the Congress which is in power in Rajasthan after last year's state polls.</p>.<p>Singh's tenure in the Upper House had ended on June 14. He had earlier represented Assam in Rajya Sabha for around 28 years.</p>.<p>Singh was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007 and 2013. He was also the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha during 1998-2004 and Leader of the House as the Prime Minister during 2004-14.</p>.<p>He is the fourth oldest among the sitting members of the House of Elders after the 96-year-old Ram Jethmalani, 91-year-old Motilal Vora and 88-year-old C P Thakur.</p>.<p>While 79-year-old Mahendra Prasad is serving his seventh term in Rajya Sabha, Jethmalani is in his sixth term and Vora is serving the fourth term in the Upper House, officials said.</p>
<p>Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha for his sixth term.</p>.<p>Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath in his chamber to 86-year-old Singh.</p>.<p>Leader of the House Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi were present during the oath-taking.</p>.<p>Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, deputy leader of Congress in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma, and Ahmed Patel were also present in the chairman's chamber.</p>.<p>Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot, besides some BJP leaders, were also present.</p>.<p>"Administered oath to Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as Rajya Sabha MP in my Chamber in Rajya Sabha today," Naidu later tweeted along with pictures of the oath-taking in which Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur was also seen.</p>.<p>Singh returned to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. He was elected unopposed as the BJP did not put up a candidate against him.</p>.<p>In the August 19 by-election, necessitated by the death of BJP MP Madan Lal Saini, the seat went to the Congress which is in power in Rajasthan after last year's state polls.</p>.<p>Singh's tenure in the Upper House had ended on June 14. He had earlier represented Assam in Rajya Sabha for around 28 years.</p>.<p>Singh was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007 and 2013. He was also the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha during 1998-2004 and Leader of the House as the Prime Minister during 2004-14.</p>.<p>He is the fourth oldest among the sitting members of the House of Elders after the 96-year-old Ram Jethmalani, 91-year-old Motilal Vora and 88-year-old C P Thakur.</p>.<p>While 79-year-old Mahendra Prasad is serving his seventh term in Rajya Sabha, Jethmalani is in his sixth term and Vora is serving the fourth term in the Upper House, officials said.</p>
