West Bengal
CV Ananda Bose takes oath as West Bengal Governor
Kolkata: Former bureaucrat and 1977 IAS cadre of Kerala batch, CV Ananda Bose, on Wednesday was sworn in as the West Bengal Governor at a simple ceremony in Raj Bhavan here.
Calcutta High court Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava administered the oath and secrecy of the office of the Governor in presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and some of her cabinet colleagues and government top officials.
Among others present in the short and simple ceremony were former West Bengal governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, along with his wife, State Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and Left Front chairman Biman Bose.
President Drapaudi Murmu on Nov 17 last appointed the 71-year-old former administrator as the Governor.
Bose replaced La Ganesan who was looking after the affairs of West Bengal as the additional charge after Jagdeep Dhankar quit the office to become the Vice President of India.
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