New Delhi, July 20:Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm and Rajya Sabha till 12 noon on Thursday morning on the first day of monsoon session of Parliament following obituary references.

In Lok Sabha AAP leader Sushil Kumar Rinku took oath as a member of the House. Rinku, who was elected from Jalandhar in Punjab, took oath in Punjabi. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla read the obituary references to members who had passed in the inter-session period – two sitting members and 11 former members. The House also observed silence in memory of its late members.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Singh Dhankar read the obituary reference to a sitting member Hardwar Dubey.

The House observed silence in memory of departed leaders and other former members who had passed in the inter-session period.