Dharmasthala Pattadhikari D. Veerendra Heggade Takes Oath as Rajya Sabha MP

Dharmasthala Pattadhikari D. Veerendra Heggade Takes Oath as Rajya Sabha MP

Dharmasthala Pattadhikari D. Veerendra Heggade took the oath as a Member (Nominated) of the Rajya Sabha at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Thursday, July 21. Mr. Heggade took the oath in Kannada in the name of God during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament. Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu was in the chair during the oath-taking event.

After the swearing-in, Veerendra Heggade met Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with State President Nalin Kumar Kateel  and exchanged pleasantries. Pm Modi mentioned about the various service activities being undertaken by Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala and congratulated Mr. Heggade for being the driving spirit for all such activities.

Veerendra Heggade was one among the four nominated by the Union government to the Rajya Sabha recently along with music composer Ilayaraja, Olympics athlete P.T. Usha and screenplay writer V. Vijayendra Prasad. He was presented the second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushana, in 2015.