[ India Today ] Indian-origin UK MP Shivani Raja takes oath on Bhagavad Gita

The article reports that **Shivani Raja**, a 29-year-old businesswoman of Gujarati descent, has taken oath in the UK Parliament on the Bhagavad Gita. Shivani secured a historic victory in the Leicester East seat for the Conservative Party, ending the Labour Party’s 37-year dominance in the constituency. She was contesting against fellow Indian-origin Labour candidate Rajesh Agrawal.

After taking the oath as a Britain MP, Shivani expressed her pride in representing Leicester East and swearing her allegiance to His Majesty King Charles on the Gita. Shivani Raja secured 14,526 votes, defeating Agrawal, the former deputy mayor of London, who got 10,100 votes. This victory was significant as Leicester East has been a Labour bastion since 1987.

Apart from Shivani, 27 other Indian-origin members of Parliament have been elected to the House of Commons in the July 4 general election in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, hundreds of newly elected lawmakers trooped excitedly into Parliament after the UK’s transformative election brought a Labour government to power. The Labour Party secured 412 seats in the 650-member House of Commons, up 211 from the last election in 2019. Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives won just 121 seats, down 250 seats from the previous election.

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