Thawarchand Gehlot to be sworn-in as Karnataka Governor tomorrow
Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Abhay Srinivas Oka will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the new Governor, according to a release.
FollowFormer Union Minister Thawarchand Gehlot will be sworn in as the Governor of Karnataka on July 11 at 10.30 am at the Glass House of Raj Bhavan.
Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Abhay Srinivas Oka will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the new Governor, according to a release.
73-year-old Gehlot, who held the portfolio of Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment at the Centre, and was leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, will replace Vajubhai Vala, who has been the Governor of the southern state since 2014.
The President has announced the appointment of Gehlot as the new Governor of Karnataka on July 6. A Dalit leader, born on May 18, 1948, at Rupeta in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. He graduated in BA from Vikram University in Ujjain.
Gehlot entered politics in 1962 through the Jan Sangh and had occupied several positions in BJP including its Parliamentary Board and Central Election Committee. He is familiar with Karnataka as he served as the state in-charge for years between 2006 and 2014 when he was party general secretary.
A three-term MLA in Madhya Pradesh, Gehlot served four terms as member of the Lok Sabha from Shajapur from 1996 to 2009. He lost the 2009 Lok Sabha elections and was sent to the Rajya Sabha in 2012.
Apart from Gehlot, President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed three new governors. Hari Babu Kambhampati, the former Lok Sabha member from Vishakhapatnam, has been appointed as the Governor of Mizoram. PS Sreedharan Pillai, the current Governor of Mizoram, has been transferred to Goa.
Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel, BJP leader from Gujarat, has been appointed as Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Goa minister Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will take over as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
Haryana Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya has also been transferred to Tripura, and the current Governor of the north eastern state Ramesh Bais will now serve as Jharkhand Governor. Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatraya has been transferred and appointed as the Governor of Haryana.
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