They thumped their desks when her name was called to take the oath. Chairman of the House Hamid Ansari said “Welcome”as she walked up to him and greeted him with folded hands.

“I Rekha Ganeshan” she said, swearing in the name of God in her brief oath in English. After signing the members’ register, she greeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley and other leaders before walking to her allotted seat, No.

99. She was seen later exchanging notes with writer Javed Akhtar.

She attended about 19 minutes of the proceedings before leaving the Rajya Sabha. Her Silsila rival, Jaya Bachchan (SP), who entered the House before her, occupied her new seat and was engrossed in the day’s agenda and the two ladies of Bollywood did not greet each other.

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