Jagtap, Dhangekar take oath as MLAs

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Ravindra

Dhangekar and Ashwini Jagtap of the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, respectively, were sworn in as members of the Assembly on Thursday, a week after they were declared winners of the recent by-elections to Kasba Peth and Chinchwad, respectively.

They were administered the oath by Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar.

While Jagtap bowed before the opposition and treasury benches

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after taking oath, Dhangekar--whose win ended the BJP’s 28-yearold stranglehold on the

Kasba Peth seat--was welcomed by opposition legislators with thumping of benches.

The bypolls were necessitated due to deaths of BJP MLAs Laxman Jagtap and Mukta Tilak.