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  • Gulab Chand Kataria to Take Oath as Assam Governor on Feb 22

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    Gulab Chand Kataria to Take Oath as Assam Governor on Feb 22

    Kataria was appointed as the new Governor of Assam on February 12, succeeding Prof. Jagdish Mukhi.

    Digital Desk: The
    newly appointed Governor of Assam Gulab Chand Kataria is scheduled to take oath
    on February 22.



    "I shall
    fulfil the constitutional obligation given to me by Prime Minister Modi and our
    party in such a way that I will live up to the expectations of the high command
    and the Prime Minister," Kataria said in an interview with the media.



    "Even before this,
    whatever role was assigned to me by the Bharatiya Janata Party, I did an
    excellent job of delivering it," he added.



    Kataria was appointed as
    the new Governor of Assam on February 12, succeeding Prof. Jagdish Mukhi.



    Gulab Chand Kataria is a
    member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). From 2014 to 2018, he was
    Rajasthan's home minister. He is a senior BJP leader who also serves on the
    party's central working committee.



    color:black">Kataria succeeds the current Assam Governor at a time when other
    state governorships are changing hands.