Satish Chandra Dubey takes oath As Rajya Sabha member

Satish Chandra Dubey, BJP leader from Bihar, took oath as Rajya Sabha member on Tuesday. He was elected to the seat, which fell vacant after the death of former union minister Ram Jethmalani, unopposed.

New Delhi: BJP leader Satish Chandra Dubey on Tuesday took oath as Rajya Sabha member.

Interacting with the ETV Bharat after taking the oath, Dubey, who was declared elected to the seat unopposed earlier this month, said he would work for Bihar and the entire country.

"I will raise all important issues of Bihar and those of the country in Rajya Sabha and work for the development of Bihar," he said.

On being asked about the recently concluded elections in Maharashtra and Haryana and by-polls in Bihar, the BJP leader said that BJP-led NDA would win in all places without any problem.

"NDA would win in every state. We have worked for people. They have supported us," he asserted.

Dubey was elected to the Lok Sabha on BJP ticket in 2014 but the seat went to JD(U) in the last Lok Sabha elections.