{"id":314884,"date":"2019-09-05T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314884"},"modified":"2019-09-05T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:07:03","slug":"bhagat-singh-koshyari-sworn-in-as-governor-of-maharashtra-reads-oath-in-marathi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/bhagat-singh-koshyari-sworn-in-as-governor-of-maharashtra-reads-oath-in-marathi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhagat Singh Koshyari sworn in as Governor of Maharashtra, Reads Oath in Marathi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314886 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190905-WA0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190905-WA0007.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190905-WA0007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190905-WA0007-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190905-WA0007-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190905-WA0007-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190905-WA0007-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190905-WA0007-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Bhagat Singh Koshyari was sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">In a surprise to all invitees, Koshyari read out his entire Oath in Marathi.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0 Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Justice Pradeep Nandrajog administered the oath of office to Koshyari at the sea-facing Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis, Union Minister for Heavy Industries Arvind Sawant, Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale, Minister of Revenue <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">and Public Works, Government of Maharashtra Chandrakant Patil, Minister of Higher and Technical <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Education Vinod Tawde, Minister of PWD Eknath Shinde, Minister of Industries Subhash Desai, Minister of Transport Diwakar Raote, Minister of Social Justice Dr Suresh Khade, Ministers from <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Uttarakhand- Forest Minister H.S. Rawat, Agricultural Minister Subodh Uniyal, State Minister Rekha Arya and Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat, Ministers of State from Maharashtra and invitees attended <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">the ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The largely attended swearing in ceremony began with the playing of the National Anthem by the Police Band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">State Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta then read out the warrant of appointment of Koshyari issued by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind. After<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0the reading of the oath by the Governor, the ceremony concluded with the playing of the National Anthem once again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Lokayukta of Maharashtra Justice M L Tahiliyani, Right to Services Commissioner Swadhin Kshatriya, State Chief Election Commissioner U P S Madan, Director General of Police Subodh Jaiswal, Commissioner of Police Sanjay Barve, Principal Secretary Protocol Nandkumar, Vice <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Chancellor of University of Mumbai Dr Suhas Pednekar, Vice Chancellor of SNDT Women\u2019s University Dr Shashikala Wanjari were prominent among those present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Koshyari greets people on Teachers\u2019 Day soon after<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0taking oath as the 19th Governor of Maharashtra, Koshyari extended his greetings and good wishes to all teachers on the occasion of \u2018Teachers\u2019 Day. Incidentally, Koshyari\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">has served as teacher at a College in Etah (UP) for some time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Bhagat Singh Koshyari was sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra on Thursday. 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