Dehradun, 19 October (H.S.): Dr Dhalsingh Bisen was sworn in as the ninth Governor of Uttarakhand on Monday at a ceremony held at Lok Bhavan. The Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court administered the oath of office and secrecy to him.

The Chief Secretary read out the warrant of appointment, following which Justice Manoj Tiwari, Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, administered the oath to Bisen.

The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Madhya Pradesh was appointed Governor of Uttarakhand by President Droupadi Murmu on October 12. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Secretary Anand Vardhan, state ministers, legislators, senior public representatives, administrative officials and other distinguished dignitaries attended the swearing-in ceremony.

Dr Dhalsingh Bisen was born on May 14, 1952, in Pipariya village in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district. He began his political career after winning the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election in 1990. He subsequently returned to the state Assembly after winning elections in 1993, 1998 and 2003.

Following the BJP’s formation of a government in Madhya Pradesh in 2003, Bisen was inducted into the state Cabinet. He served as a Cabinet minister from 2003 to 2005, handling several portfolios, including forests, transport, minerals, school education and prisons.

Bisen also served as chairman of the Madhya Pradesh State Finance Commission from 2011 to 2013. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP fielded him from the Balaghat parliamentary constituency. He won the election, entering the Lok Sabha for the first time.

Alongside his political and administrative responsibilities, Bisen has remained associated with social activities. He belongs to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community and is associated with the Bhoyar Pawar community. He is also known for his background in medicine, particularly Ayurveda and homoeopathy.

After a long career in Madhya Pradesh politics, Dr Dhalsingh Bisen assumed office as the Governor of Uttarakhand on Monday.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar