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          I am sure that in future I shall have a lot of opportunities to further develop myself in my continued tenure as a Parliamentarian and look forward to being a seasoned one at that. 

          In the end I thank God for being a part of the Parliament and being considered one of the lucky few to be part of this August institution.

SHRI T.K.S. ELANGOVAN (CHENNAI NORTH): Thank you, Madam, for giving me this opportunity to speak on this great occasion.

        Madam,  this House has seen many leaders right from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru until today’s leaders. Our founder-leder of DMK Party, late Arignar Anna during his maiden speech in Rajya Sabha had spoken in lengh about the policies and ideologies of DMK, after which many leaders from the North had come to understand DMK and its principles and became friends with us.  We had Mr. Murasoli Maran, our great political thinker, who was the Member from 1967, when the hon. Leader of the House, and the hon. L.K. Advani ji were also Members of Rajya Sabha. I too have a credit that my father, Shri T.K. Srinivasan was also a Member in Rajya Sabha when our hon. Leader of House and Shri L.K. Advaniji were also Members of the other House. This House has seen on many occasions. Such is the power of the House that when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of this country, he had stated that an assurance by the Minister or the Prime Minister in this House is in itself a law.

          Madam, we have a leader, who is a Member of the State Legislative Assembly since 1957 and still continues to be a Member. When our great leaders like the hon. Leader of the BJP Shri L.K. Advani took oath as a Member of Parliament here, he took oath of office as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and that is none other than Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi. He is directing us. The DMK will do everything to keep up the prestige of this House.

          Finally, I want to tell one thing in a lighter sense. We took oath of office when we got elected to this House. On the occasion of 60th anniversary celebration, we must take another oath today. I will moot this oath that to commemorate the 60th year, to uphold the prestige of this House and to increase the level of proceedings of this House, my oath will be that I will speak only before a switched-on microphone and not before a switched-off microphone!           * डॉ. किरीट प्रेमजीभाई सोलंकी (अहमदाबाद पश्चिम):आज भारतीय संसद ने अपने भव्य, गौरवशाली साठ साल पूर्ण किए हैं और विश्व के सबसे बड़े लोकतंत्र ने दुनिया के मजबूत लोकतंत्र के तहत संसदीय परंपरा एवं इतिहास को ऊंचाई पर ले जाकर, दुनिया को नयी राह दिखायी है।