Bombay High Court Chief Justice Chandrashekhar administered the oath to Aacharya Devvrat at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai today. Acharya Devavrat took oath in Sanskrit language . He is the 22nd Governor of Maharashtra. He succeeds C.P.Radhakrishnan who has been elected as Vice President of India.
Acharya Devvrat, who was sworn in as Governor of Maharashtra, read out his oath in Sanskrit.
Notably, Devvrat was appointed to discharge functions of the governor of Maharashtra, in addition to his own duties, by President Droupadi Murmu last week to, as per a PTI report.
Murmu issued the appointment order, which the President’s Secretariat shared, which stated, “Consequent upon demitting the office of Governor of Maharashtra by Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, due to his election as the Vice President of India, the President of India has appointed Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat, to discharge the functions of the Governor of Maharashtra, in addition to his own duties.”
Also present at the swearing-in ceremony were Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, other state ministers, top bureaucrats, and police officers.
He is a postgraduate in Hindi and History, and holds a doctorate degree in Naturopathy and Yogic Science.
He and his wife Darshana Devi arrived in the city from Ahmedabad by Tejas Express and were welcomed by Fadnavis and Shinde at the Mumbai Central railway station on September 14.
Devvrat was accorded a ceremonial Guard of Honour by the Railway Police at the Mumbai Central station, and the Mumbai police gave him the same at Raj Bhavan.