Jagdish Mukhi sworn in as Governor of Assam

State Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, his cabinet colleagues and senior officials were present at the swearing-in ceremony.

Guwahati, October 10: The new Governor of Assam, Prof Jagdish Mukhi, was sworn in on Tuesday. Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh administered the oath of office at a function in the Srimanta Sankardeva International Convention Centre in Guwahati.

State Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, his cabinet colleagues and senior officials were present at the swearing-in ceremony.

In his previous assignment, Mukhi served as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

He succeeded Banwarilal Purohit who has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu.

Mukhi had been awarded the Best Finance and Planning Minister by the then Planning Minister, Pranab Mukherjee in 1997.He had also served as a minister in the Delhi government.

PTI