Chennai: Tamilnadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit was sworn in as Governor of Punjab on Tuesday.
The Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Ravi Shanker Jha, administered the oath of office to Purohit at Punjab Raj Bhavan.
Governor Haryana, Bandaru Dattatreya, Chief Minister Punjab Capt. Amarinder Singh and Chief Minister Haryana Shri Manohar Lal Khattar were present on the stage.
Purohit took the oath in English. He signed the oath form that was counter signed by the Chief Justice.
Later, Purohit signed separate charge reports, both as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Union Territory, Chandigarh.
Purohit was recently given additional charge as the Governor of Punjab. A communque from Rashtrapati Bhavan said, “The President of India has been pleased to appoint Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Tamil Nadu to discharge the functions of the Governor of Punjab, in addition to his own duties from the date he assumes charge of the office of the Governor of Punjab, until regular arrangements are made.”
It added: “The President of India has also been pleased to appoint Shri Banwarilal Purohit to be the Administrator of Union Territory of Chandigarh, in addition to his duties as Governor of Punjab.”