<span style="color: #222222;">Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Deve Gowda took oath as Rajya Sabha member today. Mr. Gowda was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.<br />''<br />''Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath to him. Mr. Gowda was the 11th Prime Minister of India from 1st June 1996 to 21st April 1997.</span><br />