Former deputy chief minister of Tripura Jishnu Dev Varma on Wednesday was sworn in as the brand new governor of Telangana at a easy and vibrant ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad.
Telangana excessive courtroom chief justice Alok Aradhe administered the oath of workplace to Varma, after state chief secretary Santhi Kumari learn out the Warrant of Appointment issued by President Droupadi Murmu.
Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy, deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, different cupboard colleagues, Union minister for coal and mines G Kishan Reddy, MLAs, and senior leaders from varied political events attended the occasion.
Earlier within the day, the chief minister and his cupboard colleagues and chief secretary accorded grand welcome to Varma at Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Airport in Shamshabad. He obtained a Guard of Honour by the armed police personnel.
Varma, who was appointed because the governor on July 27, succeeded CP Radhakrishnan, who had been holding further cost of Telangana together with Jharkhand since March, after the resignation of Tamilisai Soundararajan who contested the Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu.
Radhakrishnan, who was additionally discharging features of Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, has now been appointed the brand new governor of Maharashtra.
Varma, 67, is the fourth governor of Telangana. All the sooner three governors – E S L Narasimhan, Tamilisai Soundararajan and Radhakrishnan are from Tamil Nadu.
Varma, who joined the BJP from the Congress in 1993, served because the Deputy CM of Tripura from 2018 to 2023. He additionally held the tasks of energy, rural growth, panchayat raj, finance, planning, science and know-how and surroundings ministries.
He misplaced the meeting election in 2023 from Charilam in Sepahijala district of Tripura.