New Delhi, Sep 4: After the new Motor Vehicles Act came into force from September 1, social media platforms such as Twitter are flooded with hilarious memes, jokes and reactions on the new traffic rules.

#NewTrafficRules is now trending on Twitter.

The netizens have been coming up with reactions after the amended MV Act that imposes heavy penalties for traffic violations across India.

A person on Twitter with the username@imsandysinha, "People are enjoying the #NewTrafficRules, Salary 8k ki or #traffic chalan 15k ka."

"Four wheelers : seatbelt compulsory, two wheelers : helmet compulsory, Auto-rickshaw : three wheeler : so no seatbelt and no helmet. At least make them use the indicator #NewTrafficRules," another tweet read.

Another person with a username @imComputerGeek, uploaded a photo of a man driving a van wearing a helmet with the caption,"When you can't afford breaking #NewTrafficRules because of #TrafficFine."

"Based on new traffic rules, here comes a new threat from wives: saree dila rahe ho ya seat belt hata dun??," another user tweeted.

An auto-rickshaw driver in Bhubaneswar was, on Wednesday, fined a whopping Rs 47,500 for violating a slew of traffic rules under the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019.

In a similar case, a Delhi man was fined Rs 23,000 on Tuesday for riding a motorcycle without wearing a helmet and also for not carrying the relevant documents.

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New Delhi (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha, marking the end of his two-decade rule in the eastern state and paving the way for a new chief minister.

The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan in his chamber at a brief ceremony. The Chairman later welcomed him as a member of the Upper House and also on his return in Parliament.

Kumar took the oath in Hindi in the presence of Union Minister J P Nadda, who is also leader of the house, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Panchayati Raj Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ram Nath Thakur and Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Chaudhary was also present at the oath-taking.

JDU leader and party's working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh, besides BJP MP and former union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy and BJP chief whip in Lok Sabha Sanjay Jaiswal, were among those present during the oath-taking.

"Vice President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, administered the oath to Shri Nitish Kumar as an elected Member of Rajya Sabha, from Bihar, at Parliament House today," the Vice President's office said on X, while sharing pictures of the oath-taking.

After the oath-taking, Kumar came out of the new Parliament building and spoke about the time he was a member of the Lok Sabha and sat in the old Parliament building.

As Kumar assumes the Rajya Sabha role, it marks the end of his long two-decade rule in Bihar. Kumar will soon resign as chief minister and the NDA is likely to elect a new chief minister of Bihar on April 14.

He has already resigned as a member of the State Legislative Council on March 30 after he was elected to Rajya Sabha.

The JD(U) supremo was elected to the Upper House of Parliament on March 16, and he had to quit as an MLC in the 14-day period after his election.