Several prominent politicians were sworn in as Members of Parliament for the 18th Lok Sabha during a session held on June 24. Among them were Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, LJP (RV) chief Chirag Paswan, and Jyotiraditya Scindia. They formally assumed their roles as elected representatives, marking the commencement of their parliamentary duties in the current session.

Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha MP from Mumbai North parliamentary constituency, Piyush Goyal, launched an attack on Rahul Gandhi for alleging a stock market scam after the market’s crash on June 4. Rahul Gandhi accused PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of being involved in the alleged stock market scam. Rahul Gandhi alleged that it’s a scam of 30 Lakh crores and the common people of India lost the alleged amount of money. Piyush Goyal blamed Rahul Gandhi for misleading market investors. Piyush Goyal said, “Rahul Gandhi has still not overcome the loss in the Lok Sabha Elections. Now, he is conspiring to mislead the market investors. Today, India has become the fifth-largest economy.”