Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, Feb 18: Ramesh Bais took the oath of office to succeed Bhagat Singh Koshyari as the 22nd Governor of Maharashtra on Saturday. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court S V Gangapurwala in Marathi at the Raj Bhavan.
Bais earlier served as the Governor of Jharkhand from 2021 to 2023 and the Governor of Tripura from 2019 to 2021.
Eknath Shinde, the state’s chief minister, attended the swearing-in ceremony.
Notably, Koshyari, who served as the Maharashtra governor from September 2019, resigned last week after a controversial tenure.