Former Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot took oath because the 19th Governor of Karnataka on Sunday. In a ceremony held on the Karnataka Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru, Chief Justice Abhay Shreenivas Oka of the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom administered the oath to the successor of Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala (83) who had been in workplace since September 1, 2014.
The straightforward ceremony held on the Glass Home within the premises of Raj Bhavan was additionally attended by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, Chief of Opposition Siddaramaiah, Speaker of Legislative Meeting Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri and Chairman of Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti.
Who’s Thaawarchand Gehlot?
Hailing from Rupeta village in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, Gehlot was once part of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in his teenage days from 1962 until 1977 when the political arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ceased to exist.
A graduate from Vikram College in Ujjain, he then turned the vp and common secretary of Janta Celebration from his house district and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Celebration to carry a number of key positions within the social gathering all through his political profession unfold throughout by over 5 many years now.
संविधान और विधि के परिरक्षण, संरक्षण और प्रतिरक्षण , कर्नाटक राज्य की जनता की सेवा और कल्याण के लिए प्रतिबद्धता हेतु आज कर्नाटक राज्य के राज्यपाल के रूप में शपथ ली। pic.twitter.com/GLZZrowHtV
— Thawarchand Gehlot (@TCGEHLOT) July 11, 2021
The 73-year-old first turned an MLA in 1980. After serving for 3 phrases (1980-84, 1990-92, and 1993-96) within the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Meeting, Gehlot was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996 to finish 4 consecutive phrases as an MP until 2009. Gehlot was picked to signify Madhya Pradesh IN Rajya Sabha three years after he misplaced to Sajjan Singh Verma in the course of the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
One among the many most recognisable faces for scheduled castes within the Modi-led cupboard, he was appointed because the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2014 itself when the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) took over.
Gehlot was picked to the Higher Home for the second time in 2018 together with his time period within the Rajya Sabha prolonged until 2024. He has additionally been the Chief of the Home in Rajya Sabha since 2019.
Nonetheless, following his appointment because the Karnataka Governor final week, he resigned from three key positions –– within the cupboard, the Rajya Sabha, and the BJP parliamentary board.
Earlier, Gehlot had served as BJP’s Karnataka state-in-charge between 2006 and 2014 when he was social gathering’s common secretary.
His posting because the Governor of Karnataka comes at a time when political turbulence is very speculated linked to the survival of the state authorities as talks of management change proceed, with opposition events Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) watching all developments carefully within the run-up to the Meeting elections scheduled to be held in 2023.