Mumbai, 10 Mar (HS): Jishnu Dev Varma took oath as 22nd

Governor of Maharashtra on Tuesday. The oath was administered by Chief Justice

of Bombay High Court Justice Chandrashekhar. He replaced Acharya Devvrat,

Governor of Gujarat who was holding additional charge after C P Radhakrishnan

was elected the Vice-President of India.

Maharashtra

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar congratulated Varma after taking

oath.

Jushnu

Dev Varma’s wife Sudha Dev Varma and other family members, Legislative Council

Chairman Prof Ram Shinde, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar former Chief Minister

Sushil Kumar Shinde, Deputy Chairperson Dr Neelam Guorhe, ministers Chhagan

Bhujbal, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Chandrakant Patil, Narhari Zirwal, Mumbai’s

Mayor Ritu Tawde, IGP Sadanand Date and other senior officers were present.

At

the outset Chief Secretary Rajesh Agrawal read out the notification issued by

President Droupadi Murmu about Varma’s appointment.

Varma

was appointed Governor of Telangana on 31 July 2024. Earlier he was the Deputy Chief

Minister of Tripura from 1018 to 2023. An ardent lover of modern art, painting

and sculpture Varma was Tripura Region Convenor of Indian National Trust for

Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). He is an acclaimed poet and writer.

After

the oath taking ceremony a guard of honour was offered by Navy and Police Band

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