Others in the category were NCP chief Sharad Pawar and daughter Supriya Sule, SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and son Akhilesh Yadav, Trinamool leader Sisir Adhikary and his son Shubhendu Adhikary.

RLD chief Ajit Singh and son Jayant Choudhary were seen sitting together.

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah has his son-in-law Sachin Pilot as a colleague in the House. The Ajmer MP shook hands with him after taking the oath. DMK members and cousins M K Alagiri and Dayanidhi Maran were seen seated next to each other.

Even before new members took oath, the 15th Lok Sabha reported one resignation taking the effective strength of the House to 542. Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav quit his Firozabad seat on May 21. His resignation was accepted on May 26. Besides Firozabad, Yadav had also won from SP pocketborough of Kannauj. His resignation from Firozabad brings down the strength of SP in the House from 23 to 22.

Trinamool Congress' first-time members Kabir Suman, Tapas Pal and Shatabdi Roy, whose party is a key constituent of the ruling UPA, were seen sitting on the opposition benches as the proceedings began. Their party colleagues Saugata Roy and Sisir Adhikary both ministers were sitting on the treasury benches. Trinamool chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was not present in the House till the lunch recess.

Members of the Left parties were a scattered lot. While senior CPI(M) member Basudeb Acharia was seated in the first row, his colleague Gurudas Dasgupta (CPI) was seated in the fourth row with other members sitting elsewhere. Several members, including Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram, almost forgot to sign the 'Roll of Members' and Lok Sabha officials had to point it out to them.